Re: acpi : acpi_bus_trim() stops removing devices when failing to remove the device

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

On Wed, 2012-10-10 at 10:07 +0900, Yasuaki Ishimatsu wrote:
 :
> >>   	if (acpi_drv) {
> >>   		if (acpi_drv->ops.notify)
> >>   			acpi_device_remove_notify_handler(acpi_dev);

THIS CALL

> >> -		if (acpi_drv->ops.remove)
> >> -			acpi_drv->ops.remove(acpi_dev, acpi_dev->removal_type);
> >> +		if (acpi_drv->ops.remove) {
> >> +			ret = acpi_drv->ops.remove(acpi_dev,
> >> +						   acpi_dev->removal_type);
> >> +			if (ret)
> >
> > Hi Yasuaki,
> >
> > Shouldn't the notify handler be reinstalled here if it was removed by
> > the acpi_device_remove_notify_handler() above?
> 
> I do not reinstall the notify handler.
> The function has not been removed on linux-3.6. And the patch is created
> on linux-3.6. So the function remains in the patch.

Umm... I am not sure what you meant.  Let me clarify my comment.  When
acpi_drv->ops.remove() failed, I thought we would need to roll-back the
procedure done by the acpi_device_remove_notify_handler() call, which I
indicated as "THIS CALL" above.  So, in this error path, don't we need
something like below?

if (acpi_drv->ops.notify)
	acpi_device_install_notify_handler(acpi_dev)

Thanks,
-Toshi