From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tim Cooijmans Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 05:46:51 +0000 Subject: Re: [KJ] [PATCH] check request_region() return value in arch/ppc and Message-Id: <200603010646.51479.tim@aapopfiets.nl> List-Id: References: <200602272229.51950.tim@aapopfiets.nl> In-Reply-To: <200602272229.51950.tim@aapopfiets.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org On Tuesday 28 February 2006 22:48, Alexey Dobriyan wrote: > OK, you've followed this route. One question they'll ask me is > > Can those calls ever fail? > > I mean, you're deeply in arch-specific setup code. And request_region() > parameters are hardwired. And numbers are common among other subarchs in > this patch. That's a good question. Jesper's e-mail explains it well, too. So, no request_region checking in /arch? Should it only be done in drivers? Tim _______________________________________________ Kernel-janitors mailing list Kernel-janitors@lists.osdl.org https://lists.osdl.org/mailman/listinfo/kernel-janitors