linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] resources: fix call to alignf() in allocate

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Date:	Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:03:02 -0800 (PST)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>
cc:	Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@...com>,
	Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>,
	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] resources: fix call to alignf() in allocate_resource()



On Mon, 21 Dec 2009, Dominik Brodowski wrote:
> 
> At least the PCMCIA "align" function makes excessive use of the "size"
> parameter, so we'd still need this.

I noticed that it also uses 'res->end' (in the meaning "skip this one as 
unacceptable").

> What about taking my patch for 2.6.33, and deferring the change to the
> calling convention to the 2.6.34 merge window? (I'll try to cook something
> up and get it into linux-next during the next few weeks).

Sounds like a plan,

		Linus
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