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Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 11:42:50 -0600 From: Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org> To: Lukas Wunner <lukas@...ner.de> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andreas Noever <andreas.noever@...il.com>, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/8] PCI: Recognize Thunderbolt devices On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 01:26:16AM +0100, Lukas Wunner wrote: > On Sat, Jan 28, 2017 at 03:52:08PM -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 09:03:45PM +0100, Lukas Wunner wrote: > > > +static void set_pcie_vendor_specific(struct pci_dev *dev) > > > > This is very specific to Thunderbolt, so let's name it something that > > conveys that information. The fact that we use a vendor-specific > > capability to figure it out isn't really relevant in the caller. > > I thought that we may have the necessity in the future to parse other > VSECs on device probe, so I gave the function this generic name. > > Think about it, every VSEC that needs to be parsed needs the while loop > below. It's more efficient to have only a single while loop that handles > *all* VSECs at once. > > If someone needs to parse another VSEC, they just add it to this function. > So IMO the way I've solved it is preferable to just adding a Thunderbolt- > specific function. > > Are you sure you want this renamed? (y/n) Sorry for the delay; I missed this question. If this has already been merged somewhere as-is, that's fine. If you repost it for any reason, I would prefer to rename it so it reflects the functionality rather than the source of the information. This isn't a performance path, so readability is more important than optimization. Bjorn
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