On Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:02:30 -0600 Toshi Kani <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > + /* look for the next resource if it does not fit into */
> > > + if (res->start > start || res->end < end) {
> > > + p = &res->sibling;
> > > + continue;
> > > + }
> >
> > What if the resource overlaps. In other words, the res->start > start
> > but res->end > end ?
> >
> > Also do you handle the case where the range <start,end> spans
> > across multiple adjacent resources?
>
> Good questions! The two cases above are handled as error cases
> (-EINVAL) by design. A requested region must either match exactly or
> fit into a single resource entry. There are basically two design
> choices in release -- restrictive or non-restrictive. Restrictive only
> releases under certain conditions, and non-restrictive releases under
> any conditions. Since the existing release interfaces,
> __release_region() and __release_resource(), are restrictive, I intend
> to follow the same policy and made this new interface restrictive as
> well. This new interface handles the common scenarios of memory
> hot-plug operations well. I think your example cases are non-typical
> scenarios for memory hot-plug, and I am not sure if they happen under
> normal cases at this point. Hence, they are handled as error cases for
> now. We can always enhance this interface when we find them necessary
> to support as this interface is dedicated for memory hot-plug. In other
> words, we should make such enhancement after we understand their
> scenarios well. Does it make sense?
Can you please update the comment to describe the above? Because if
one reviewer was wondering then later readers will also wonder.
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