Messages in this thread | | | From | Bjorn Helgaas <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v4 6/6] x86: allocate space within a region top-down | Date | Mon, 25 Oct 2010 15:15:29 -0600 |
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On Monday, October 25, 2010 03:08:48 pm Bjorn Helgaas wrote: > On Monday, October 25, 2010 03:01:54 pm Jesse Barnes wrote: > > On Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:18:52 -0600 > > Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > Request that allocate_resource() use available space from high addresses > > > first, rather than the default of using low addresses first. > > > > > > The most common place this makes a difference is when we move or assign > > > new PCI device resources. Low addresses are generally scarce, so it's > > > better to use high addresses when possible. This follows Windows practice > > > for PCI allocation. > > > > Applied this series to linux-next; assuming nothing blows up I'll send > > it to Linus this week (previous versions got some testing and landed in > > a separate branch so this should be fine). > > We tripped over another issue in Fedora: > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=646027
By the way, it's been a *great* help to have Fedora being willing to go out on a limb and help get these tested. I know it sucks to get those Rawhide bug reports, but they have been extremely useful to me. Thanks!
Bjorn
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