From: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>
To: Eran Liberty <liberty@extricom.com>
Cc: eran liberty <eran.liberty@gmail.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-pci@vger.kernel.org,
Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.26] PCI: refuse to re-add a device to a bus upon pci_scan_child_bus()
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:11:32 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080722181132.GE7337@parisc-linux.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <48861BAC.1080009@extricom.com>
On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 08:41:00PM +0300, Eran Liberty wrote:
> >>Do you perceive any down side to my suggested patch?
> >>It seems (to me) really logical that a device can not and should not be
> >>added twice to a pci bus device list.
> >>
> >
> >The problem is the other side-effects of what you propose.
> >
> Could you elaborate what ominous side-effects you predict?
Look at the consequences of calling fixup_resource() twice on the same
resource:
res->start = (res->start + offset) & mask;
res->end = (res->end + offset) & mask;
You'll add 'offset' to the other resources twice.
--
Intel are signing my paycheques ... these opinions are still mine
"Bill, look, we understand that you're interested in selling us this
operating system, but compare it to ours. We can't possibly take such
a retrograde step."
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-07-22 18:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 81+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-06-18 14:18 2.6.24-rc4: pci_remove_bus_device() => pci_scan_child_bus() => pci_bus_add_devices bug? Eran Liberty
2008-07-20 10:31 ` [PATCH 2.6.24-rc4] PCI: refuse to re-add a device to a bus upon pci_scan_child_bus() Eran Liberty
2008-07-20 16:48 ` Eran Liberty
2008-07-21 19:18 ` [PATCH 2.6.26] " Eran Liberty
2008-07-21 19:49 ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-07-22 8:21 ` eran liberty
2008-07-22 11:49 ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-07-22 13:08 ` Eran Liberty
2008-07-22 13:14 ` Eran Liberty
2008-07-22 14:13 ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-07-22 15:25 ` Eran Liberty
2008-07-22 16:52 ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-07-22 17:41 ` Eran Liberty
2008-07-22 18:11 ` Matthew Wilcox [this message]
2008-07-23 18:31 ` Eran Liberty
2008-07-27 11:01 ` Eran Liberty
2008-07-27 15:08 ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-08-18 8:08 ` ftrace introduces instability into kernel 2.6.27(-rc2,-rc3) Eran Liberty
2008-08-18 15:07 ` Steven Rostedt
2008-08-18 15:47 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2008-08-18 16:12 ` Steven Rostedt
2008-08-18 17:04 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2008-08-18 17:21 ` Scott Wood
2008-08-18 18:27 ` Steven Rostedt
2008-08-18 18:29 ` Scott Wood
2008-08-19 1:53 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-08-19 2:28 ` Steven Rostedt
2008-08-19 2:39 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-08-19 2:41 ` Steven Rostedt
2008-08-19 2:47 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2008-08-19 3:32 ` Steven Rostedt
2008-08-19 3:36 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2008-08-19 4:00 ` Steven Rostedt
2008-08-19 16:47 ` Steven Rostedt
2008-08-19 17:34 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2008-08-19 21:08 ` Steven Rostedt
2008-08-20 9:40 ` Nick Piggin
2008-08-19 21:47 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-08-19 23:58 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2008-08-20 1:17 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-08-19 2:56 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-08-19 3:12 ` Steven Rostedt
2008-08-19 4:17 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-08-20 7:18 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-08-20 13:14 ` Steven Rostedt
2008-08-20 13:19 ` Steven Rostedt
2008-08-20 13:36 ` Eran Liberty
2008-08-20 13:43 ` Steven Rostedt
2008-08-20 14:02 ` Eran Liberty
2008-08-20 14:55 ` Jon Smirl
2008-08-20 15:23 ` Steven Rostedt
2008-08-20 18:23 ` Eran Liberty
2008-08-20 18:33 ` Steven Rostedt
2008-08-20 15:27 ` Steven Rostedt
2008-08-20 21:37 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-08-20 14:16 ` Josh Boyer
2008-08-20 14:22 ` Steven Rostedt
2008-08-20 14:50 ` Josh Boyer
2008-09-15 16:30 ` [PATCH 2.6.26] SERIAL DRIVER: Handle Multiple consecutive sysrq from the serial Eran Liberty
2008-09-17 23:46 ` Andrew Morton
2008-09-18 6:58 ` Eran Liberty
2008-08-20 21:36 ` ftrace introduces instability into kernel 2.6.27(-rc2,-rc3) Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-08-20 21:44 ` Steven Rostedt
2008-08-18 18:47 ` Steven Rostedt
2008-08-18 18:56 ` Scott Wood
2008-08-18 19:28 ` Steven Rostedt
2008-08-18 18:25 ` Eran Liberty
2008-08-18 18:41 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2008-08-19 1:54 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-08-19 9:56 ` Eran Liberty
2008-08-19 13:02 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2008-08-19 21:46 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-08-18 18:50 ` Steven Rostedt
2008-08-19 12:09 ` Eran Liberty
2008-08-19 13:05 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2008-08-19 14:21 ` Eran Liberty
2008-08-19 14:42 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2008-08-19 20:15 ` Steven Rostedt
2008-08-20 11:18 ` Eran Liberty
2008-08-20 13:12 ` Steven Rostedt
2008-08-19 1:51 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
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