linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1 Version 2.0] PCI: allocate essential resources before reserving hotplug resources

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Message-ID: <20110118220313.GC9274@ram-laptop>
Date:	Tue, 18 Jan 2011 14:03:13 -0800
From:	Ram Pai <linuxram@...ibm.com>
To:	Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@...com>
Cc:	Ram Pai <linuxram@...ibm.com>,
	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>,
	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	clemens@...isch.de, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	peter.henriksson@...il.com, ebiederm@...stanetworks.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1 Version 2.0] PCI: allocate essential resources
 before reserving hotplug resources

On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 02:46:02PM -0700, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> On Tuesday, January 18, 2011 02:30:09 pm Ram Pai wrote:
> >         PCI: pre-allocate additional resources to devices
> >         only after successful allocation of essential resources.
> > ...
> 
> When you post a new version, can you please include some text about
> "what changed between v1 and v2"?

Ok. I will next version onwards.

BTW: the earlier version called pci_assign_resource() on resources
that needed no resources, causing the pci_assign_resource()
to return failure. This version fixed that issue.

RP
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