Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] resource: Add @flags to region_intersects()

From	Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] resource: Add @flags to region_intersects()
Date	2015-12-03 19:50 +0100
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On Thu, Dec 03, 2015 at 11:54:19AM -0700, Toshi Kani wrote:
> Adding a new type for regular memory will require inspecting the codes
> using IORESOURCE_MEM currently, and modify them to use the new type if
> their target ranges are regular memory.  There are many references to this
> type across multiple architectures and drivers, which make this inspection
> and testing challenging.

What's wrong with adding a new type_flags to struct resource and not
touching IORESOURCE_* at all?

They'll be called something like RES_TYPE_RAM, _PMEM, _SYSMEM...

Or would that confuse more...?

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    Boris.

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Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] resource: Add @flags to region_intersects() Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2015-12-01 15:00 +0100
  Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] resource: Add @flags to region_intersects() Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> - 2015-12-01 18:00 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] resource: Add @flags to region_intersects() Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com> - 2015-12-01 18:10 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] resource: Add @flags to region_intersects() Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2015-12-01 18:20 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] resource: Add @flags to region_intersects() Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com> - 2015-12-03 19:00 +0100
        Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] resource: Add @flags to region_intersects() Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2015-12-03 19:50 +0100
          Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] resource: Add @flags to region_intersects() Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2015-12-03 20:10 +0100
            Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] resource: Add @flags to region_intersects() Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com> - 2015-12-03 20:50 +0100
              Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] resource: Add @flags to region_intersects() Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@gmail.com> - 2015-12-09 17:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] resource: Add @flags to region_intersects() Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com> - 2015-12-09 22:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] resource: Add @flags to region_intersects() Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2015-12-01 18:20 +0100

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