[PATCH] check_mem_region should be deprecated

[Stephen Hemminger]

For 2.6.0-test, check_mem_region has the same races as check_region so it should
be marked deprecated as well.

diff -Nru a/include/linux/ioport.h b/include/linux/ioport.h
--- a/include/linux/ioport.h	Thu Sep 25 10:32:22 2003
+++ b/include/linux/ioport.h	Thu Sep 25 10:32:22 2003
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@
 
 /* Compatibility cruft */
 #define release_region(start,n)	__release_region(&ioport_resource, (start), (n))
-#define check_mem_region(start,n)	__check_region(&iomem_resource, (start), (n))
 #define release_mem_region(start,n)	__release_region(&iomem_resource, (start), (n))
 
 extern int __check_region(struct resource *, unsigned long, unsigned long);
@@ -116,5 +115,9 @@
 static inline int __deprecated check_region(unsigned long s, unsigned long n)
 {
 	return __check_region(&ioport_resource, s, n);
+}
+static inline int __deprecated check_mem_region(unsigned long s, unsigned long n)
+{
+	return __check_region(&iomem_resource, s, n);
 }
 #endif	/* _LINUX_IOPORT_H */
-
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