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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 0/4] ACPI: Refactor system notify handling
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Hi Len,

Can you please review this patchset?

Thanks,
-Toshi


On Tue, 2012-10-09 at 07:55 -0600, Toshi Kani wrote:
> 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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