linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 12/24] PCI, ia64: Register busn

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Message-ID: <CAErSpo5NOqnqWxCBV+NecA34z0YJHP7FCy6mNd5GUJ8q__CZHw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:22:46 -0700
From:	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
Cc:	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, x86 <x86@...nel.org>,
	Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
	linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/24] PCI, ia64: Register busn_res for root buses

On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 5:12 PM, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 4:01 PM, Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 3:07 PM, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org> wrote:
>>> Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
>>> Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
>>> Cc: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
>>> Cc: linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org
>>> ---
>>>  arch/ia64/include/asm/pci.h |    1 +
>>>  arch/ia64/pci/pci.c         |    5 +++++
>>>  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/pci.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/pci.h
>>> index b22e5f5..6e54220 100644
>>> --- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/pci.h
>>> +++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/pci.h
>>> @@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ struct pci_controller {
>>>
>>>        unsigned int windows;
>>>        struct pci_window *window;
>>> +       struct resource busn;
>>
>> Why do you add a new struct resource here?  Can't you just use the one
>> passed in from acpi_pci_root_add()?
>
> not quite sure about the life cycle for that object.

The struct acpi_pci_root is allocated in acpi_pci_root_add() and freed
in acpi_pci_root_remove(), so it should be safe for PCI to use.

Same thing applies for x86, of course.

Bjorn
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