Re: [PATCH 3/3] resource: Fix find_next_iomem_res() iteration issue

[Baoquan He]

Hi Bjorn,

On 09/24/18 at 05:15pm, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> @@ -359,32 +362,31 @@ static int find_next_iomem_res(struct resource *res, unsigned long desc,
>  	read_unlock(&resource_lock);
>  	if (!p)
>  		return -1;
> +
>  	/* copy data */
> -	if (res->start < p->start)
> -		res->start = p->start;
> -	if (res->end > p->end)
> -		res->end = p->end;
> +	res->start = max(start, p->start);
> +	res->end = min(end, p->end);
>  	res->flags = p->flags;

I think this fix is good. However, is it OK to keep res->flags always,
never touch it in find_next_iomem_res()? We just iterate and update
region, its start and end. So just removing that "res->flags = p->flags;"
line might involve much less code changes.

Thanks
Baoquan