Re: [PATCH] x86/PCI: coalesce overlapping host bridge windows

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On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 20:28:50 -0600
Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@xxxxxx> wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 10:07:49AM -0700, Jesse Barnes wrote:
> > On Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:09:19 -0600
> > Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > Some BIOSes provide PCI host bridge windows that overlap, e.g.,
> > > 
> > >     pci_root PNP0A03:00: host bridge window [mem
> > > 0xb0000000-0xffffffff] pci_root PNP0A03:00: host bridge window
> > > [mem 0xafffffff-0xdfffffff] pci_root PNP0A03:00: host bridge
> > > window [mem 0xf0000000-0xffffffff]
> > > 
> > > If we simply insert these as children of iomem_resource, the
> > > second window fails because it conflicts with the first, and the
> > > third is inserted as a child of the first, i.e.,
> > > 
> > >     b0000000-ffffffff PCI Bus 0000:00
> > >       f0000000-ffffffff PCI Bus 0000:00
> > > 
> > > When we claim PCI device resources, this can cause collisions
> > > like this if we put them in the first window:
> > > 
> > >     pci 0000:00:01.0: address space collision: [mem
> > > 0xff300000-0xff4fffff] conflicts with PCI Bus 0000:00 [mem
> > > 0xf0000000-0xffffffff]
> > > 
> > > Host bridge windows are top-level resources by definition, so it
> > > doesn't make sense to make the third window a child of the
> > > first.  This patch coalesces any host bridge windows that
> > > overlap.  For the example above, the result is this single window:
> > > 
> > >     pci_root PNP0A03:00: host bridge window [mem
> > > 0xafffffff-0xffffffff]
> > > 
> > > This fixes a 2.6.34 regression.
> > 
> > Also applied, same comment as before applies here.
> 
> Huh, did this get dropped somewhere along the way?  I don't see it in
> rc1.

Hm, I must have accidentally dropped it when I rebased away some other
patch(es).  I'll double check and send it to Linus when I get a good
network connection again.

-- 
Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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