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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH 01/11] Add hotplug.h for hotplug framework
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On Wed, 2012-12-12 at 15:53 -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 04:17:13PM -0700, Toshi Kani wrote:
> > Added include/linux/hotplug.h, which defines the hotplug framework
> > interfaces used by the framework itself and handlers.
>
> No, please name this properly, _everything_ is hotpluggable these days,
> and unless you want the whole kernel and all busses and devices to use
> this, then it needs to be named much better than this, sorry.
>
> We went through this same issue over 10 years ago, please, let's learn
> from our mistakes and not do it again.

Agreed. I will come up with a better name to avoid the confusion.

> > +/* Add Validate order values */
> > +#define HP_ACPI_BUS_ADD_VALIDATE_ORDER 0 /* must be first */
>
> This is really ACPI specific, so why not just put it under include/acpi/
> instead?

Yes, this needs to be revisited. For now, it is defined in the same
file since it helps to manage the ordering when all values are defined
in a same place. We may need the ordering values defined in each arch
when this framework is used by multiple architectures.

> And note, PPC and other arches probably do this already (s390?) so to
> exclude them from the beginning would not be a good idea.

Thanks for the suggestion. I will check other architectures and bring
them to the discussions.

-Toshi




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