Re: [PATCH v3 0/6] Introduce pci_(request|release)_(mem|io)_regions

From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
To: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@suse.de>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
Cc: linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
	Keith Busch <keith.busch@intel.com>, Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>,
	linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org,
	James Smart <james.smart@avagotech.com>,
	Dick Kennedy <dick.kennedy@avagotech.com>,
	"James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com>,
	linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org,
	Frank Haverkamp <haver@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Jay Cliburn <jcliburn@gmail.com>,
	Chris Snook <chris.snook@gmail.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/6] Introduce pci_(request|release)_(mem|io)_regions
Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2016 16:04:46 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1465427086.2736.93.camel@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160608072854.ivcfvtlgxab2xkmp@c203.arch.suse.de>

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On Wed, 2016-06-08 at 09:28 +0200, Johannes Thumshirn wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 07, 2016 at 09:44:00AM +0200, Johannes Thumshirn wrote:
> > The first patch in this series introduces the following 4 helper
> functions to
> > the PCI core:
> > 
> > * pci_request_mem_regions()
> > * pci_request_io_regions()
> > * pci_release_mem_regions()
> > * pci_release_io_regions()
> > 
> > which encapsulate the request and release of a PCI device's memory or
> I/O
> > bars.
> > 
> > The subsequent patches convert the drivers, which use the
> > pci_request_selected_regions(pdev, 
> >       pci_select_bars(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM), name); 
> > and similar pattern to use the new interface.
> > 
> > This was suggested by Christoph Hellwig in
> > http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-nvme/2016-May/004570.html an
> d
> > tested on kernel v4.6 with NVMe.
> > 
> 
> Btw, as I've seen already Jeff applying the Intel Ethernet patch to his
> tree, I think this should go via the PCI tree as the build dependency is
> the PCI patch.

Bjorn should pick up the entire series, I just applied the Intel patch (and
dependent patches) so we could touch test it.

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