Re: [PATCH v2 1/7] kernel/resource: make release_mem_region_adjustable() never fail

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On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 09:35:30AM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>
>>> static int __ref try_remove_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size)
>>> {
>>> 	int rc = 0;
>>> @@ -1777,7 +1757,7 @@ static int __ref try_remove_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size)
>>> 		memblock_remove(start, size);
>>> 	}
>>>
>>> -	__release_memory_resource(start, size);
>>> +	release_mem_region_adjustable(&iomem_resource, start, size);
>>>
>> 
>> Seems the only user of release_mem_region_adjustable() is here, can we move
>> iomem_resource into the function body? Actually, we don't iterate the resource
>> tree from any level. We always start from the root.
>
>You mean, making iomem_resource implicit? I can spot that something
>similar was done for
>
>#define devm_release_mem_region(dev, start, n) \
>	__devm_release_region(dev, &iomem_resource, (start), (n))
>

What I prefer is remove iomem_resource from the parameter list. Just use is in
the function body.

For the example you listed, __release_region() would have varies of *parent*,
which looks reasonable to keep it here.

>I'll send an addon patch for that, ok? - thanks.
>
>-- 
>Thanks,
>
>David / dhildenb

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