linux-kernel - Re: pci_get_device_reverse(), why does Calgary need this?

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Message-ID: <20080213093225.GA16985@rhun.haifa.ibm.com>
Date:	Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:32:26 +0200
From:	Muli Ben-Yehuda <muli@...ibm.com>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	jdmason@...zu.us, bzolnier@...il.com, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-pci@...ey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	discuss@...-64.org
Subject: Re: pci_get_device_reverse(), why does Calgary need this?

On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 04:16:38PM -0800, Greg KH wrote:

> Why does the calgary driver need this?  Can we just use
> pci_get_device() instead?  Why do you need to walk the device list
> backwards?  Do you get false positives going forward?

It's not strictly needed, we used it for symmetry. Feel free to nuke
it and walk the list forward.

Cheers,
Muli
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