linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv4 2/5] lib/genalloc.c: Add genpool range check function

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Message-ID: <20140703181425.GK17372@arm.com>
Date:	Thu, 3 Jul 2014 19:14:25 +0100
From:	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
To:	Laura Abbott <lauraa@...eaurora.org>
Cc:	Catalin Marinas <Catalin.Marinas@....com>,
	David Riley <davidriley@...omium.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	Ritesh Harjain <ritesh.harjani@...il.com>,
	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv4 2/5] lib/genalloc.c: Add genpool range check function

On Wed, Jul 02, 2014 at 07:03:35PM +0100, Laura Abbott wrote:
> 
> After allocating an address from a particular genpool,
> there is no good way to verify if that address actually
> belongs to a genpool. Introduce addr_in_gen_pool which
> will return if an address plus size falls completely
> within the genpool range.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Laura Abbott <lauraa@...eaurora.org>
> ---

Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>

Will
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