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Message-ID: <20191008120500.GH2819@lahna.fi.intel.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2019 15:05:00 +0300
From: "mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com" <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>
To: Nicholas Johnson <nicholas.johnson-opensource@...look.com.au>
Cc: "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
"linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
"bhelgaas@...gle.com" <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
"corbet@....net" <corbet@....net>,
"benh@...nel.crashing.org" <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
"logang@...tatee.com" <logang@...tatee.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 3/6] PCI: Change extend_bridge_window() to set
resource size directly
On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 12:54:01PM +0000, Nicholas Johnson wrote:
> Change extend_bridge_window() to set resource size directly instead of
> using additional resource lists.
>
> Because additional resource lists are optional resources, any algorithm
> that requires guaranteed allocation that uses them cannot be guaranteed
> to work.
>
> Remove the resource from add_list. If it is set to zero size and left,
> it can cause significant problems when it comes to assigning resources.
It would be good if you would open bit more what kind of significant
problems this may result.
> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Johnson <nicholas.johnson-opensource@...look.com.au>
Reviewed-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>
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