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Message-ID: <20080321164556.GH17292@ldl.fc.hp.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:45:56 -0600
From: Alex Chiang <achiang@...com>
To: Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
Cc: Kenji Kaneshige <kaneshige.kenji@...fujitsu.com>,
Gary Hade <garyhade@...ibm.com>,
Kristen Carlson Accardi <kristen.c.accardi@...el.com>,
Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>, warthog19@...lescrag.net,
rick.jones2@...com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
linux-pci@...ey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/16][BUG] Export kobject_rename for pci_hotplug_core
(Not for mainline!)
* Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>:
> On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 09:56:05AM -0600, Alex Chiang wrote:
> > Hi Greg,
> >
> > This patch looks like a candidate for the current 2.6.25 cycle.
> > Any chance of getting it in there?
>
> Is this a problem today? I don't see it being one, so when you need
> this function exported, we can do it then. Otherwise people will just
> start sending me patches unexporting it as they don't see any in-kernel
> users of it :)
>
> So just keep it as part of your patchset, it's easier for everyone that
> way.
Ok, sounds fair to me.
> And it will remind me to verify that you really should be calling
> kobject_rename and not just getting the name correctly the first time
> around...{hint}
I'm pretty sure we really do need to call it, but I appreciate
your future review. ;)
/ac
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