linux-kernel - RE: [Patch v2 2/2] PCI: hv: Remove unused refcount and supporting functions for handling bus device removal

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Date:   Fri, 23 Apr 2021 07:18:22 +0000
From:   Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>
To:     "longli@...uxonhyperv.com" <longli@...uxonhyperv.com>,
        KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>,
        Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>,
        Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>,
        Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
        Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        "linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org" <linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     Long Li <longli@...rosoft.com>
Subject: RE: [Patch v2 2/2] PCI: hv: Remove unused refcount and supporting
 functions for handling bus device removal

> From: longli@...uxonhyperv.com <longli@...uxonhyperv.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2021 10:46 PM
> 
> With the new method of flushing/stopping the workqueue before doing bus
> removal, the old mechanisum of using refcount and wait for completion

mechanisum -> mechanism

> is no longer needed. Remove those dead code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Long Li <longli@...rosoft.com>
> ---

The patch looks good to me. BTW, can we also remove get_pcichild() and
put_pcichild() in an extra patch? I suspect we don't really need those either.