linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/7] ACPI / blacklist: add acpi_match

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Message-ID: <1501878602.2042.113.camel@hpe.com>
Date:   Fri, 4 Aug 2017 20:39:35 +0000
From:   "Kani, Toshimitsu" <toshi.kani@....com>
To:     "bp@...en8.de" <bp@...en8.de>
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        "lenb@...nel.org" <lenb@...nel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/7] ACPI / blacklist: add acpi_match_oemlist()
 interface

On Fri, 2017-08-04 at 05:42 +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 03, 2017 at 03:57:47PM -0600, Toshi Kani wrote:
> > ACPI OEM ID / OEM Table ID / Revision can be used to identify
> > a platform based on ACPI firmware info.  acpi_blacklisted(),
> > intel_pstate_platform_pwr_mgmt_exists(), and some other funcs,
> > have been using similar check to detect a list of platforms
> > that require special handlings.
> > 
> > Move the platform check in acpi_blacklisted() to a new common
> > utility function, acpi_match_oemlist(), so that other drivers
> > do not have to implement their own version.
> > 
> > There is no change in functionality.
 :
> >  /*
> >   * POLICY: If *anything* doesn't work, put it on the blacklist.
> >   *	   If they are critical errors, mark it critical, and
> > abort driver load.
> >   */
> > -static struct acpi_blacklist_item acpi_blacklist[] __initdata = {
> > +static struct acpi_oemlist acpi_blacklist[] __initdata = {
> 
> All that wasted energy to try to explain to you that "oemlist" is
> wrong and that whole rename is pointless, went for nothing.
>
> So NAK.

Well, we did talk a lot about your suggested name, "acpi_blacklist",
and I explained that it did not work since it'd be used for both black
and white-list.  We've agreed on that.

You then suggested it's "platform", not "OEM".  Since this is an ACPI
structure defined in "acpi.h", its terminology generally follows ACPI
spec, which I did.

I understand that you feel strongly against "OEM" (sorry about that). 
How about "acpi_platform_list"?  Does it work for you?

Thanks,
-Toshi