Re: [PATCH v4 6/6] x86: allocate space within a region top-down

From: Jesse Barnes
Date: Mon Oct 25 2010 - 17:02:04 EST


On Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:18:52 -0600
Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@xxxxxx> 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).

--
Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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