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

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Message-ID: <CAOesGMiKBNDmJhiY-yK0uZmG-MnK82=ffNGxqasLKozqgpQQpw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 9 Jul 2014 15:33:19 -0700
From:	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>
To:	Laura Abbott <lauraa@...eaurora.org>
Cc:	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
	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 <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 2, 2014 at 11:03 AM, Laura Abbott <lauraa@...eaurora.org> 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>

Reviewed-by: Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>

What's the merge path for this code? Part of the arm64 code that needs
it, I presume?


-Olof
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