Re: [PATCH 2/3] ACPI / hotplug: Fix PCI host bridge hot removal

[Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hp.com>]

On Mon, 2013-11-18 at 22:39 +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Monday, November 18, 2013 11:10:05 AM Toshi Kani wrote:
> > On Thu, 2013-11-14 at 00:16 +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
> > > 
> > > Since the PCI host bridge scan handler does not set hotplug.enabled,
> > > the check of it in acpi_bus_device_eject() effectively prevents the
> > > root bridge hot removal from working after commit a3b1b1ef78cd
> > > (ACPI / hotplug: Merge device hot-removal routines).  However, that
> > > check is not necessary, because the other acpi_bus_device_eject()
> > > users, acpi_hotplug_notify_cb and acpi_eject_store(), do the same
> > > check by themselves before executing that function.
> > > 
> > > For this reason, remove the scan handler check from
> > > acpi_bus_device_eject() to make PCI hot bridge hot removal work
> > > again.
> > 
> > I am curious why the PCI host bridge scan handler does not set
> > hotplug.enabled.  Is this how it disables hotplug via sysfs eject but
> > enables via ACPI notification? 
> 
> It just doesn't register for hotplug at all.  I guess it could set that
> bit alone, but then it would be quite confusing and the check is not
> necessary anyway.

I see.  Given how the PCI host bridge scan handler is integrated today,
the change looks reasonable to me.

Acked-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hp.com>

Thanks,
-Toshi