linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/6] constify pci_error

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Date:   Sat, 12 Aug 2017 09:52:28 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
cc:     linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, bhumirks@...il.com,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, MPT-FusionLinux.pdl@...adcom.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] constify pci_error_handlers structures



On Sat, 12 Aug 2017, Christoph Hellwig wrote:

> On Sat, Aug 12, 2017 at 07:44:28AM +0200, Julia Lawall wrote:
> > These pci_error_handlers structures are only stored in the err_handler
> > field of a pci_driver structure, and this field is declared as const.  Thus
> > the pci_error_handlers structures can be const too.
> >
> > Done with the help of Coccinelle.
>
> If you're doing a scripted conversion of the pci_error_handlers
> structured I'd much rather see that structure killed off and folded
> into the pci_driver one.

OK, sure.  So to be precise, you want the fields error_detected,
mmio_enabled, etc to be added as new fields to the pci_driver structure?

They both have a resume field, though.  What should the pci_error_handlers
resume function be renamed to?  Would resume_after_error be too much?

julia