Re: [PATCH] memory hotadd fixes [3/5] find_next_system_ram catchrange fix

From: keith mannthey
Date: Thu Aug 03 2006 - 20:06:17 EST


On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 12:34 +0900, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki wrote:
> find_next_system_ram() is used to find available memory resource
> at onlining newly added memory.
> This patch fixes following problem.
>
> find_next_system_ram() cannot catch this case.
>
> Resource: (start)-------------(end)
> Section : (start)-------------(end)
>
>
> Signed-Off-By: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> kernel/resource.c | 3 ++-
> mm/memory_hotplug.c | 2 +-
> 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> Index: linux-2.6.18-rc3/kernel/resource.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.18-rc3.orig/kernel/resource.c 2006-08-01 16:38:45.000000000 +0900
> +++ linux-2.6.18-rc3/kernel/resource.c 2006-08-01 16:38:56.000000000 +0900
> @@ -244,6 +244,7 @@
>
> start = res->start;
> end = res->end;
> + BUG_ON(start >= end);

BUG_ON seems a little strong for bad arguments to the function but I am
ok with it.

Thanks,
Keith

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