Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 15:39:24 +0200
From: Morten Helgesen <morten.helgesen@nextframe.net>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] Getting rid of check_region()
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Ok - I`ve been informed (thanks Thomas:) that William Stinson has been
working on removing check_region() for a while now. I was not aware
of this - I have noticed, that in recent changelogs, he has been credited
for work done on code in relation to resource handling, but I did not
see any check_region() stuff in there. At a closer look, I see a couple
of check_region() entries in there. I`ll contact William and see if he could
need assistance, if not I`ll grab another kernel/janitor project :)

cheers for now,

On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 03:00:55PM +0200, Morten Helgesen wrote:
> Hey guys.
> 
> It`s time for some real janitor work :)
> 
> I`ve taken a clean 2.5.22 tree, and started removing
> instances of check_region(). It has been on the kernel janitors`
> TODO list for a long time. 
> 
> It struck me that it might be a good idea to see if anyone had any comments 
> or even objections before spending X hours killing it off :-)
> 
> I see that there are lots of places where we can just remove
> check_region() and instead just check the return value from
> request_region(), but I`m also sure we have corner cases where
> driver authors are doing 'nifty' things with check_region(), and 
> these drivers might need a bit more surgery. I will contact
> the driver authors and ask for their comments if I can not figure out
> how to work around using check_region() in the specific driver.
> 
> When done, I`ll submit separate patches for separate directories.
> 
> Does this sound like a sane approach to you guys ?
> 
> == Morten
> 
> -- 
> 
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> mvh
> Morten Helgesen 
> UNIX System Administrator & C Developer 
> Nextframe AS
> admin@nextframe.net / 93445641
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mvh
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