linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 14/17] memremap: simplify duplicate region handling in devm_memremap

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Message-ID: <20171219150332.GB13124@lst.de>
Date:   Tue, 19 Dec 2017 16:03:32 +0100
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Jérôme Glisse <jglisse@...hat.com>,
        Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>,
        "linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org" <linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org>,
        linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
        X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>, Linux MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 14/17] memremap: simplify duplicate region handling in
        devm_memremap_pages

On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 09:34:11AM -0800, Dan Williams wrote:
> This is not racy, we'll catch the error on insert, and I think the
> extra debug information is useful for debugging a broken memory map or
> alignment math.

We can check for -ЕEXIST and print the warning, but it's a weird pattern
for sure.