linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] PCI,acpiphp: use generic pci_hp_add

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Date:	Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:43:49 +0800
From:	Yijing Wang <wangyijing@...wei.com>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
CC:	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	Kenji Kaneshige <kaneshige.kenji@...fujitsu.com>,
	"linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Rafael <rjw@...k.pl>, Hanjun Guo <guohanjun@...wei.com>,
	Jiang Liu <jiang.liu@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] PCI,acpiphp: use generic pci_hp_add_bridge()

> On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 6:49 PM, Yijing Wang <wangyijing@...wei.com> wrote:
>> Hi Yinghai,
>>    Any comments about this patch? I searched the code history and found
>> you introduced pci_hp_add_bridge() function at commit a8e4b9c10. In your
>> patchset use pci_hp_add_bridge() for all pci hotplug drivers except acpiphp.
>> So I use pci_hp_add_bridge() in acpiphp instead of using pci_scan_bridge()
>> directly. I would appreciate if you can give some suggestions.

Hi Yinghai,
   Thanks for your review and comments very much!

> 
> There is one problem in your patch.
> max start value get change. before your patch max is the maximum value
> of bus all children...
>    now it is change bus  start value.

Thank you for reminding. Now I noticed this detail.(:
I will drop these pathes.

Thanks!
Yijing.

> 
> looks like old code try to handle the case that we already some
> children on that bus.
> 
> Last time i did not change it, because i think it only is ready after
> busn_res alloc patchset
> is merged.
> 
> in pci-mini summit of last year, Bjorn asked Linus about that
> patchset, and Linus said it is
> risky and it is not worthy to merge it .
> 
> so assume we should hold your patch as it could cause some regression.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Yinghai
> 
> .
> 


-- 
Thanks!
Yijing

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