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

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Date:	Mon, 21 Jul 2014 12:51:04 -0700
From:	Laura Abbott <lauraa@...eaurora.org>
To:	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>
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 7/9/2014 3:33 PM, Olof Johansson wrote:
> 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?
> 

My plan was to have the entire series go through the arm64 tree unless
someone has a better idea.

Thanks,
Laura

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