[PATCH 2/2] kernel/resource: enrich the comment for insert_resource_conflict()

From: Deng-Cheng Zhu
Date: Thu Jul 28 2011 - 07:28:55 EST


It helps people better understand how this function works.

Signed-off-by: Deng-Cheng Zhu <dengcheng.zhu@xxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/resource.c | 4 +++-
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/resource.c b/kernel/resource.c
index 3ff4017..5406ecf 100644
--- a/kernel/resource.c
+++ b/kernel/resource.c
@@ -617,7 +617,9 @@ static struct resource * __insert_resource(struct resource *parent, struct resou
* happens. If a conflict happens, and the conflicting resources
* entirely fit within the range of the new resource, then the new
* resource is inserted and the conflicting resources become children of
- * the new resource.
+ * the new resource. Also, if the new resource entirely fits within the range
+ * of a conflicting resource without overlapping the latter's children, then
+ * the new resource is inserted too and becomes a child of the conflicting one.
*/
struct resource *insert_resource_conflict(struct resource *parent, struct resource *new)
{
--
1.7.1

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