linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 39/39] x86, PCI: kill busn in acpi pci_root

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Date:	Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:27:43 -0800
From:	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, x86 <x86@...nel.org>,
	Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>,
	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 39/39] x86, PCI: kill busn in acpi pci_root_info

On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:51:28 -0800
Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 03:37:53PM -0800, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 3:32 PM, Bjorn Helgaas

> > > You just *added* this stuff in a prior patch that hasn't been
> > > merged yet.  Why can't you just fix that series rather than doing
> > > the add/remove churn?
> > 
> > as i said before, I'm not quite sure about the life cycle about
> > that object.

I thought Bjorn figured that out for you in the last thread?

> > 
> > still need to wait some months to verify that on system that does
> > support pci root bus hot plug etc.
> > 
> > or we can just this patch for now.
> 
> A statement like that would cause all of these patches to be instantly
> deleted from any queue that I had control over, and I strongly
> recommend that Jesse just ignore them all.
> 
> If you don't know this thing, then you have no right to change it,
> flat out.  Why do we trust these patches from you?  I sure don't.

Oh don't worry, this patch set isn't going upstream anytime soon.
Bjorn has raised several good points that Yinghai has yet to
address...  I trust Bjorn's judgment on these, so until he's happy I
likely won't be merging them.
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