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[Kernel-janitors] Re: request_region() on sound/oss/wavfront.c.: msg#00141

Subject: [Kernel-janitors] Re: request_region() on sound/oss/wavfront.c.
On 22/05/04 22:12 -0300, Gustavo Franco wrote:
> Domen Puncer wrote:
> 
> >On 23/05/04 00:43 +0200, Domen Puncer wrote:
> > 
> >
> >>On 22/05/04 18:54 -0300, Gustavo Franco wrote:
> >>
> >>   
> >>
> >>>+++ sound/oss/wavfront.c  2004-05-22 18:28:38.000000000 -0300
> >>>+       if (!request_region (io_base, 16, "wavefront")) {
> >>>     
> >>>
> >>Few lines later there is a:
> >>    dev.base = io_base;
> >>So this will print ugly error messages.
> >>   
> >>
> Sorry, but do you mean KERN_ERR ones?

I mean error messeges below request_region's that will fail.

 
> >>   
> >>
> >>>+       if(!request_region (dev.base+2, 6, "wavefront synth")) {
> >>>+               if(!request_region (dev.base+8, 8, "wavefront fx")) {
> >>>     
> >>>
> >>IMHO, you can just get rid of latter 2 request_region's.
> >>   
> >>
> >
> >Ehm, no, damn. Comment above check_region states that device can take
> >up 8 ports.
> >
> >So if there is another device on base+8 this wont work correctly (if that
> >device registred it's region before, even the old code wont work ok).
> >
> > 
> >
> What? Can you summarize your two messages? Check that both 
> request_region() cited
> by you above were not added by me, i've added a return check only.

Yes, i know that, but the request_region you added causes the other two
to fail. (You can't request same region twice)
It seems right to me to request_region(base, 8) where check_region is
now, and another (base+8, 8) before fx detection.

> 
> 
> Thanks,
> --
> Gustavo Franco

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