linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] memblock: Document memblock_is_region

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Message-ID: <4FD0E3A2.5050303@codeaurora.org>
Date:	Thu, 07 Jun 2012 10:23:46 -0700
From:	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] memblock: Document memblock_is_region_{memory,reserved}()

On 05/24/12 00:45, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> At first glance one would think that memblock_is_region_memory()
> and memblock_is_region_reserved() would be implemented in the
> same way. Unfortunately they aren't and the former returns
> whether the region specified is a subset of a memory bank while
> the latter returns whether the region specified intersects with
> reserved memory.
>
> Document the two functions so that users aren't tempted to
> make the implementation the same between them and to clarify the
> purpose of the functions.
>
> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
> ---

Hi Ingo, can you pick up or review this patch (I realize it was sent
during the merge window)?

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