Re: [PATCH v5 1/4] resource: Move reparent_resources() to kernel/resource.c and make it public

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On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 5:20 PM, Andy Shevchenko
<andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 12:38 PM, Baoquan He <bhe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On 06/12/18 at 11:29am, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>>> On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 6:28 AM, Baoquan He <bhe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>> > +{
>>>
>>> > +       for (pp = &parent->child; (p = *pp) != NULL; pp = &p->sibling) {
>>> > +               if (p->end < res->start)
>>> > +                       continue;
>>> > +               if (res->end < p->start)
>>> > +                       break;
>>>
>>> > +               if (p->start < res->start || p->end > res->end)
>>> > +                       return -1;      /* not completely contained */
>>>
>>> Usually we are expecting real eeror codes.
>>
>> Hmm, I just copied it from arch/powerpc/kernel/pci-common.c. The
>> function interface expects an integer returned value, not sure what a
>> real error codes look like, could you give more hints? Will change
>> accordingly.
>
> I briefly looked at the code and error codes we have, so, my proposal
> is one of the following

>  - use -ECANCELED (not the best choice for first occurrence here,
> though I can't find better)

Actually -ENOTSUPP might suit the first case (although the actual
would be something like -EOVERLAP, which we don't have)

>  - use positive integers (or enum), like
>   #define RES_REPARENTED 0
>   #define RES_OVERLAPPED 1
>   #define RES_NOCONFLICT 2
>
>
>>> > +               if (firstpp == NULL)
>>> > +                       firstpp = pp;
>>> > +       }
>>>
>>> > +       if (firstpp == NULL)
>>> > +               return -1;      /* didn't find any conflicting entries? */
>>>
>>> Ditto.
>
> Ditto.
>
>>>
>>> > +}
>>> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(reparent_resources);
>
> --
> With Best Regards,
> Andy Shevchenko



-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
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