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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/4] mm/memory-hotplug: allow memory resources to be children
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On 1/16/19 11:16 AM, Jerome Glisse wrote:
>> We also rework the old error message a bit since we do not get
>> the conflicting entry back: only an indication that we *had* a
>> conflict.
> We should keep the device private check (moving it in __request_region)
> as device private can try to register un-use physical address (un-use
> at time of device private registration) that latter can block valid
> physical address the error message you are removing report such event.

If a resource can't support having a child, shouldn't it just be marked
IORESOURCE_BUSY, rather than trying to somehow special-case
IORES_DESC_DEVICE_PRIVATE_MEMORY behavior?

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