Re: [patch 1/4] PNP: make pnp_{port,mem,etc}_start(), et al work for invalid resources

Rene Herman
2008-05-19T23:21:21Z

On 16-05-08 00:07, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:

> Some callers use pnp_port_start() and similar functions without
> making sure the resource is valid. This patch makes us fall
> back to returning the initial values if the resource is not
> valid or not even present.
>
> This mostly preserves the previous behavior, where we would just
> return the initial values set by pnp_init_resource_table(). The
> original 2.6.25 code didn't range-check the "bar", so it would
> return garbage if the bar exceeded the table size. This code
> returns sensible values instead.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com>

Acked-by: Rene Herman <rene.herman@gmail.com>

Rene.