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

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Message-ID: <20140722155012.GK2219@arm.com>
Date:	Tue, 22 Jul 2014 16:50:12 +0100
From:	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
To:	Laura Abbott <lauraa@...eaurora.org>
Cc:	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>, Will Deacon <Will.Deacon@....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 Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 08:51:04PM +0100, Laura Abbott wrote:
> 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.

It's fine by me. But since it touches core arch/arm code, I would like
to see an Ack from Russell.

-- 
Catalin
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