Re: [PATCH 04/35] lmb: Add lmb_find_area()

[Yinghai Lu <yinghai.lu@oracle.com>]

On 05/14/2010 01:12 AM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-05-13 at 23:25 -0700, Yinghai wrote:
>   
>>>> +u64 __lmb_find_area(u64 ei_start, u64 ei_last, u64 start, u64 end,
>>>> +                    u64 size, u64 align);
>>>> +u64 lmb_find_area(u64 start, u64 end, u64 size, u64 align);
>>>>         
>>> See my comments about sorting out the return from that function.
>>>
>>> Also, I don't understand the need for that __ version. It looks like
>>> something you should keep inside x86, I don't see the need for it in
>>>       
>> the
>>     
>>> generic LMB code, since it just does trivial cropping of the
>>>       
>> arguments.
>>
>> otherwise need to export lmb_find_base() and LMB_ERROR
>>     
> Well, then export lmb_find_base(), and just sanitize the result codes
> over all LMB. That's not -that- hard, it's not like there were gazillion
> of users yet. I don't have time now to do that myself before monday.
>
>   
 will check that.

>> yes. but need that to keep switch from early_res/nobootmem to
>> lmb/nobootmem smooth.
>>
>> will clean it after early_res is replaced.
>>     
> Then make it inline inside the x86 stuff. But really, you should cleanup
> that result code. It's something on my TODO list for lmb that I haven't
> had a chance to do yet, so please look at that or wait til next week so
> I do it myself.
>
>   
also need to include asm/lmb.h to the end of linux/lmb.h

YH