On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 04:27:04PM -0800, Michael Clay wrote: > This patch is meant to remove the calls to check_region, a now > deprecated function in order to get rid of compilation warning. This > was done by finding all calls to check_region and replacing them with > calls to request_region. check_region essentially was a wrapper around > request_region, and was checking if the request_region returned a > pointer or null. As a result, I simply inlined the process of checking > for null, eliminating the need to call the check_region wrapper.
Yes, but what happens when half the request_region() calls succeed, and the other half fail? You cannot simply substitute check_region with request_region. Jeff - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/