linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ACPI: PM: Unexport acpi_device_get

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Message-ID: <20190704074640.GF2640@lahna.fi.intel.com>
Date:   Thu, 4 Jul 2019 10:46:40 +0300
From:   Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>
To:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
Cc:     Linux ACPI <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux PM <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPI: PM: Unexport acpi_device_get_power()

On Thu, Jul 04, 2019 at 01:02:49AM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
> 
> Using acpi_device_get_power() outside of ACPI device initialization
> and ACPI sysfs is problematic due to the way in which power resources
> are handled by it, so unexport it and add a paragraph explaining the
> pitfalls to its kerneldoc comment.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
> ---

Makes perfect sense!

Reviewed-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>