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From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
To: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	albertcc@tw.ibm.com, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] libata: implement ata_dev_enabled, disabled and present()
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 22:50:55 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4424BE1F.7090305@pobox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060325005305.GD5288@htj.dyndns.org>

Tejun Heo wrote:
> This patch renames ata_dev_present() to ata_dev_enabled() and adds
> ata_dev_disabled() and ata_dev_present().  This is to discern the
> state where a device is present but disabled from not-present state.
> This disctinction is necessary when configuring transfer mode because
> device selection timing must not be violated even if a device fails to
> configures.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>

OK in general, but NAK for transition reasons:  this invites silent 
breakage of code not yet in #upstream, because ata_dev_present() 
implementation changes but the function signature does not.  If a new 
ata_dev_present() is to be introduced, either a different name should be 
chosen, or the function signature should change such that an older user 
of the API will see a compiler warning or error.

	Jeff




  reply	other threads:[~2006-03-25  3:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-03-24  6:25 [PATCHSET] libata: add @disable_on_err to ata_set_mode(), take#2 Tejun Heo
2006-03-24  6:25 ` [PATCH 1/5] libata: check if port is disabled after internal command Tejun Heo
2006-03-24 14:40   ` Jeff Garzik
2006-03-24  6:25 ` [PATCH 3/5] libata: use ata_dev_disable() in ata_bus_probe() Tejun Heo
2006-03-24  6:25 ` [PATCH 4/5] libata: make ata_set_mode() responsible for failure handling Tejun Heo
2006-03-24  6:25 ` [PATCH 5/5] libata: add @disable_on_err argument to ata_set_mode() Tejun Heo
2006-03-24 15:04   ` Jeff Garzik
2006-03-24 15:51     ` Alan Cox
2006-03-25  0:53       ` [PATCH 1/2] libata: implement ata_dev_enabled, disabled and present() Tejun Heo
2006-03-25  3:50         ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2006-03-25  1:14       ` [PATCH 2/2] libata: add @disable_on_err argument to ata_set_mode() Tejun Heo
2006-03-25  4:03         ` Jeff Garzik
2006-03-25  5:40           ` Tejun Heo
2006-03-25  6:12             ` [PATCH 1/2] libata: implement ata_dev_enabled and disabled() Tejun Heo
2006-03-25 23:54               ` Alan Cox
2006-03-25 23:57                 ` Tejun Heo
2006-03-27 11:17                   ` Alan Cox
2006-03-29  6:58                     ` Tejun Heo
2006-03-29 11:59                       ` Alan Cox
2006-03-30 21:59               ` Jeff Garzik
2006-03-30 23:36                 ` Tejun Heo
2006-03-25  6:13             ` [PATCH 2/2] libata: add @disable_on_err argument to ata_set_mode() Tejun Heo
2006-03-25 23:58           ` Alan Cox
2006-03-24  6:25 ` [PATCH 2/5] libata: implement ata_dev_disable() Tejun Heo

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