linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pci: overwite pci bridge res regs to get big range

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Date:	Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:36:36 -0700
From:	Jesse Barnes <jesse.barnes@...el.com>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@...assic.park.msu.ru>,
	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pci: overwite pci bridge res regs to get big range

On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:57:10 -0700
Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org> wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
> 
> ---
>  drivers/pci/setup-bus.c |   13 +++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> Index: linux-2.6/drivers/pci/setup-bus.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/pci/setup-bus.c
> +++ linux-2.6/drivers/pci/setup-bus.c
> @@ -299,8 +299,17 @@ static struct resource *find_free_bus_re
>  		r = bus->resource[i];
>  		if (r == &ioport_resource || r == &iomem_resource)
>  			continue;
> -		if (r && (r->flags & type_mask) == type
> && !r->parent)
> -			return r;
> +		if (r && (r->flags & type_mask) == type) {
> +			if (!r->parent)
> +				return r;
> +			/*
> +			 * if there is no child under that, we
> should release
> +			 * and use it. don't need to reset it,
> pbus_size_* will
> +			 * set it again
> +			 */
> +			if (!r->child && !release_resource(r))
> +				return r;
> +		}
>  	}
>  	return NULL;
>  }

This does seem like a good way of getting some extra bus space... We
should have all the child resources of a given bus by this point so it
seems like it would be safe.

You ok with this Linus?

Thanks,
-- 
Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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