linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] mcb: Use DEFINE_RES

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Date:   Wed, 16 Jun 2021 09:17:38 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     "Leizhen (ThunderTown)" <thunder.leizhen@...wei.com>
Cc:     Johannes Thumshirn <morbidrsa@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] mcb: Use DEFINE_RES_MEM() to simplify code

On Wed, Jun 16, 2021 at 02:57:14PM +0800, Leizhen (ThunderTown) wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2021/6/16 14:41, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 16, 2021 at 09:55:09AM +0800, Zhen Lei wrote:
> >> Use DEFINE_RES_MEM() to save a couple of lines of code, which makes the
> >> code a bit shorter and easier to read. The start address does not need to
> >> appear twice.
> >>
> >> By the way, the value of '.end' should be "start + size - 1". So the
> >> previous writing should have omitted subtracted 1.
> > 
> > Does that mean the current code is wrong and this is a bugfix?  If so,
> > what commit id does this fix?
> 
> OK, I'll add Fixes.
> 
> However, some people think that only functional fixes need to add "Fixes".

If this is not a "fix" then that is fine, I can take it as-is, it just
was not obvious.

greg k-h