linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2.6.26] PCI: refuse to re-add a device to a bus upon pci_scan_child

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Date:	Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:11:32 -0600
From:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
To:	Eran Liberty <liberty@...ricom.com>
Cc:	eran liberty <eran.liberty@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.26] PCI: refuse to re-add a device to a bus upon pci_scan_child_bus()

On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 08:41:00PM +0300, Eran Liberty wrote:
> >>Do you perceive any down side to my suggested patch?
> >>It seems (to me) really logical that a device can not and should not be 
> >>added twice to a pci bus device list.
> >>    
> >
> >The problem is the other side-effects of what you propose.
> >  
> Could you elaborate what ominous side-effects you predict?

Look at the consequences of calling fixup_resource() twice on the same
resource:

        res->start = (res->start + offset) & mask;
        res->end = (res->end + offset) & mask;

You'll add 'offset' to the other resources twice.

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