linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2 RESEND v7] resource: add the new I/O resource descriptor 'IORES_DESC

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Message-ID: <4ff951f6-c1bf-ff98-b70b-a138e54488af@intel.com>
Date:   Wed, 28 Nov 2018 08:02:26 -0800
From:   Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
To:     lijiang <lijiang@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     kexec@...ts.infradead.org, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
        tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, bp@...en8.de,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com,
        luto@...nel.org, peterz@...radead.org, ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org,
        tony.luck@...el.com, fenghua.yu@...el.com, dyoung@...hat.com,
        bhe@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2 RESEND v7] resource: add the new I/O resource
 descriptor 'IORES_DESC_RESERVED'

On 11/27/18 7:51 PM, lijiang wrote:
> But now, the 'E820_TYPE_RESERVED' type is converted to the descriptor 'IORES_DESC_RESERVED'
> instead of 'IORES_DESC_NONE', it has been changed and the value of 'mem_flags.desc_other'
> is equal to 'true'. This is wrong.

Thanks for the improved description of the problem.  Seems to all make
sense now.

Could you include this in the changelog for the next version?