linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 8/8] PCI, sys: only create rescan under /sys/.../pci/devices/... for pci bridges

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Message-ID: <20111016023943.GA3787@suse.de>
Date:	Sat, 15 Oct 2011 19:39:43 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai.lu@...cle.com>
Cc:	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>,
	"linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/8] PCI, sys: only create rescan under
 /sys/.../pci/devices/... for pci bridges

On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 06:32:38PM -0700, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> 
> Current code will create rescan for every pci device,
> that is not right. the device is already there, there is no reason to rescan it.
> 
> So only have rescan for pci bridges. less confusing
> 
> Need to add cond to be new member of device_attribute.
> device_add_attrs will check cond to see if need to create the attr.

No, we already have a way to do this, this is not acceptable, sorry.

greg k-h
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