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From: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>
To: Alex Chiang <achiang@hp.com>
Cc: linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org, kristen.c.accardi@intel.com,
	kaneshige.kenji@jp.fujitsu.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 01/15] PCI Hotplug core: add 'name' param pci_hp_register interface
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 03:04:42 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20081006090441.GC25780@parisc-linux.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20081003231732.9989.11667.stgit@bob.kio>

On Fri, Oct 03, 2008 at 05:17:32PM -0600, Alex Chiang wrote:
> Update pci_hp_register() to take a const char *name parameter.
> 
> The motivation for this is to clean up the individual hotplug
> drivers so that each one does not have to manage its own name.
> The PCI core should be the place where we manage the name.
> 
> We update the interface and all callsites first, in a
> "no functional change" manner, and clean up the drivers later.
> 
> Cc: jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org
> Cc: kristen.c.accardi@intel.com
> Cc: matthew@wil.cx
> Cc: kaneshige.kenji@jp.fujitsu.com
> Signed-off-by: Alex Chiang <achiang@hp.com>
> ---
> 

Simple, clean, obvious.

Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@linux.intel.com>

-- 
Matthew Wilcox				Intel Open Source Technology Centre
"Bill, look, we understand that you're interested in selling us this
operating system, but compare it to ours.  We can't possibly take such
a retrograde step."

  reply	other threads:[~2008-10-06  9:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-10-03 23:17 [PATCH v4 00/15] PCI: let the core manage slot names Alex Chiang
2008-10-03 23:17 ` [PATCH v4 01/15] PCI Hotplug core: add 'name' param pci_hp_register interface Alex Chiang
2008-10-06  9:04   ` Matthew Wilcox [this message]
2008-10-03 23:17 ` [PATCH v4 02/15] PCI Hotplug: serialize pci_hp_register/deregister Alex Chiang
2008-10-06 14:45   ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-10-09  4:09     ` Alex Chiang
2008-10-08  5:42   ` Kenji Kaneshige
2008-10-03 23:17 ` [PATCH v4 03/15] PCI: prevent duplicate slot names Alex Chiang
2008-10-08  6:00   ` Kenji Kaneshige
2008-10-09  4:12     ` Alex Chiang
2008-10-03 23:17 ` [PATCH v4 04/15] PCI, PCI Hotplug: introduce slot_name helpers Alex Chiang
2008-10-03 23:17 ` [PATCH v4 05/15] PCI: acpiphp: remove 'name' parameter Alex Chiang
2008-10-03 23:17 ` [PATCH v4 06/15] PCI: cpci_hotplug: stop managing hotplug_slot->name Alex Chiang
2008-10-03 23:18 ` [PATCH v4 07/15] PCI: cpqphp: " Alex Chiang
2008-10-03 23:18 ` [PATCH v4 08/15] PCI: fakephp: remove 'name' parameter Alex Chiang
2008-10-03 23:18 ` [PATCH v4 09/15] PCI: ibmphp: stop managing hotplug_slot->name Alex Chiang
2008-10-03 23:18 ` [PATCH v4 10/15] PCI: pciehp: remove 'name' parameter Alex Chiang
2008-10-03 23:18 ` [PATCH v4 11/15] PCI: rpaphp: kmalloc/kfree slot->name directly Alex Chiang
2008-10-06  6:44   ` Pekka Enberg
2008-10-09  4:05     ` Alex Chiang
2008-10-03 23:18 ` [PATCH v4 12/15] PCI: SGI Hotplug: stop managing bss_hotplug_slot->name Alex Chiang
2008-10-03 23:18 ` [PATCH v4 13/15] PCI: shcphp: remove 'name' parameter Alex Chiang
2008-10-03 23:18 ` [PATCH v4 14/15] PCI: Hotplug core: remove 'name' Alex Chiang
2008-10-03 23:18 ` [PATCH v4 15/15] PCI Hotplug: fakephp: add duplicate slot name debugging Alex Chiang
2008-10-08  6:31 ` [PATCH v4 00/15] PCI: let the core manage slot names Kenji Kaneshige
2008-10-08  6:33   ` [01/03] Sample patch for [PATCH v4 02/15] Kenji Kaneshige
2008-10-08  6:34   ` [02/03] Sample patch for [PATCH v4 03/15] Kenji Kaneshige
2008-10-08  6:36   ` [03/03] Sample patch for [PATCH v4 14/15] Kenji Kaneshige
2008-10-09  4:19   ` [PATCH v4 00/15] PCI: let the core manage slot names Alex Chiang
2008-10-09  5:01     ` Kenji Kaneshige

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