Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] ACPI: Refactor system notify handling

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

Hi Len,

Can you please review this patchset?  Please let me know if you have any
concern/question.

Thanks,
-Toshi


On Thu, 2012-09-06 at 17:40 -0600, Toshi Kani wrote:
> This patchset updates the ACPI system-level (ex. hotplug)
> notify handling with a new .sys_notify interface.  It provides
> the following changes:
> 
> - Allow ACPI drivers to register their system-level (hotplug)
>   notify handlers to a new .sys_notify interface through their
>   acpi_driver table.  This removes redundant ACPI namespace
>   walks from ACPI drivers for faster booting.  The global notify
>   handler acpi_bus_notify() is called for all system-level ACPI
>   device notifications, which then calls an appropriate driver's
>   handler if any.  ACPI drivers no longer need to register or
>   unregister driver's handlers to each device object in ACPI
>   namespace.
>  
> - Support dynamic ACPI namespace with LoadTable & Unload opcode
>   without any changes in ACPI drivers.  There is no need to 
>   register / unregister handlers to ACPI device objects that are
>   being loaded to / unloaded from ACPI namespace.
> 
> - Allow ACPI drivers to use a common hotplug handler when it is
>   implemented.  It removes functional conflict between driver's
>   notify handler and the global notify handler acpi_bus_notify().
>   acpi_bus_notify() only calls an appropriate notify handler if
>   any.
> 
> Note that the changes maintain backward compatibility for ACPI
> drivers.  Any drivers registered their hotplug handlers through
> the existing interfaces, such as acpi_install_notify_handler()
> and register_acpi_bus_notifier(), will continue to work as before.
> 
> v2:
>  - Protected unbound driver from unloading when calling .sys_notify.
>  - Changed acpi_bus_notify() to call acpi_bus_notify_list first for
>    maintaining the original order.
> 
> ---
> Toshi Kani (4):
>  ACPI: Support system notify handler via .sys_notify
>  ACPI: Update processor_driver to use .sys_notify
>  ACPI: Update acpi_memhotplug to use .sys_notify
>  ACPI: Update container to use .sys_notify
> 
> ---
>  drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c  |   93 +-------------------------------------
>  drivers/acpi/bus.c              |   64 ++++++++++++++++++++-------
>  drivers/acpi/container.c        |   66 +--------------------------
>  drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c |   82 +++-------------------------------
>  drivers/acpi/scan.c             |   83 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/acpi/acpi_bus.h         |    6 +++
>  6 files changed, 150 insertions(+), 244 deletions(-)
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