linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 09/13] PCI/AER: Move aer

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Date:   Fri, 8 Jun 2018 14:17:13 -0600
From:   Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com>
To:     Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Oza Pawandeep <poza@...eaurora.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 09/13] PCI/AER: Move aer_irq() declaration to portdrv.h

On Fri, Jun 08, 2018 at 03:05:41PM -0500, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> The aer_irq() declaration is the only thing needed by aer_inject.c.  Move
> it to portdrv.h so we eventually get rid of aerdrv.h completely.  No
> functional change intended.

Nothing against what you're doing here, but it does seem odd that aer_irq
is required to be exported just for the error injection to directly call
it. I feel like aer-inject should route it through the irq subsystem,
like with generic_handle_irq. ?