linux-kernel - [PATCH] pci: Omit error message for benign allocation failure

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Date:	Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:35:48 -0500
From:	"Jun'ichi Nomura" <j-nomura@...jp.nec.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
CC:	linux-pci@...ey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz, Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
Subject: [PATCH] pci: Omit error message for benign allocation failure

Hi,

On a system with PCI-to-PCI bridges, following errors are observed:

PCI: Failed to allocate mem resource #8:100000@...00000 for 0000:02:00.0
PCI: Failed to allocate mem resource #6:10000@0 for 0000:03:01.0

'#6' is for expansion ROM and '#8' for the bridge where the device
with the expansion ROM is connected.
But I think the failure is benign because the allocation is
not necessary for these resources.

The allocation failure message is informative when the failure
is really a problem and needs a diagnosis.
However, if the resource is expansion ROMs, the message is just
confusing.

This patch omits the error message if the resource is an expansion
ROM or a bridge.

Thanks,
-- 
Jun'ichi Nomura, NEC Corporation of America


Signed-off-by: Jun'ichi Nomura <j-nomura@...jp.nec.com>

--- linux-2.6.24-rc3/drivers/pci/setup-res.c.orig	2007-12-04 00:24:11.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.24-rc3/drivers/pci/setup-res.c	2007-12-04 00:42:14.000000000 -0500
@@ -158,11 +158,12 @@ int pci_assign_resource(struct pci_dev *
 	}
 
 	if (ret) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "PCI: Failed to allocate %s resource "
-			"#%d:%llx@...x for %s\n",
-			res->flags & IORESOURCE_IO ? "I/O" : "mem",
-			resno, (unsigned long long)size,
-			(unsigned long long)res->start, pci_name(dev));
+		if (resno < PCI_ROM_RESOURCE)
+			printk(KERN_ERR "PCI: Failed to allocate %s resource "
+				"#%d:%llx@...x for %s\n",
+				res->flags & IORESOURCE_IO ? "I/O" : "mem",
+				resno, (unsigned long long)size,
+				(unsigned long long)res->start, pci_name(dev));
 	} else if (resno < PCI_BRIDGE_RESOURCES) {
 		pci_update_resource(dev, res, resno);
 	}
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