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Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:29:07 +0200 From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org> To: Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk> Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert.uytterhoeven@...il.com>, linux-fbdev-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-mips@...ux-mips.org Subject: Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [PATCH 3/3] drivers/video: Correct use of request_region/request_mem_region On Sun, Aug 09, 2009 at 11:42:32AM +0200, Julia Lawall wrote: > From: Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk> > > request_region should be used with release_region, not request_mem_region. > > Geert Uytterhoeven pointed out that in the case of drivers/video/gbefb.c, > the problem is actually the other way around; request_mem_region should be > used instead of request_region. > > The semantic patch that finds/fixes this problem is as follows: > (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) > > // <smpl> > @r1@ > expression start; > @@ > > request_region(start,...) > > @b1@ > expression r1.start; > @@ > > request_mem_region(start,...) > > @depends on !b1@ > expression r1.start; > expression E; > @@ > > - release_mem_region > + release_region > (start,E) > // </smpl> > > Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk> Any reason this still hasn't been applied? Ralf -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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