Re: [PATCH v3 2/5] mtrr, x86: Fix MTRR lookup to handle inclusive entry

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* Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@xxxxxx> wrote:

> When an MTRR entry is inclusive to a requested range, i.e.
> the start and end of the request are not within the MTRR
> entry range but the range contains the MTRR entry entirely,
> __mtrr_type_lookup() ignores such a case because both
> start_state and end_state are set to zero.
> 
> This patch fixes the issue by adding a new flag, 'inclusive',
> to detect the case.  This case is then handled in the same
> way as (!start_state && end_state).

It would be nice to discuss the high level effects of this fix in the 
changelog: i.e. what (presumably bad thing) happened before the 
change, what will happen after the change? What did users experience 
before the patch, and what will users experience after the patch?

Thanks,

	Ingo

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