linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/37] x86: move range related operation to one file

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Date:	Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:51:16 -0600 (CST)
From:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/37] x86: move range related operation to one file

On Wed, 20 Jan 2010, Yinghai Lu wrote:

> > Subtract range can now do what update_range did? How so?
>
> update_range was introduced at first. and actually it did sth like subtract range.
>
> and subtract range is more accurate.

Subtract range suggest that you may be removing the range.

subtract_from_range?

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