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Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:36:34 -0500 From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org> To: Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com> CC: Linux IDE mailing list <linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: devres and requesting resources Something I just noticed, which I missed during the initial devres review... The vast majority of my ATA drivers originally called pci_request_regions(), to reserve all regions attached to a device. In converting to pcim_iomap_regions(), we no longer reserve /all/ regions, only the ones requested. This is actually a bug: it was intentional to call pci_request_regions(), because that ensures that no other software will use our resources -- even if we are not actively using the resource in question. Or IOW, I wanted to ensure that there would be no device sharing... which this devres conversion accidentally enabled. The simple fix is obviously to replace pci_request_region() call with pci_request_regions() in lib/devres.c, but I wonder if that will break any existing driver? Jeff -- 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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