linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 2/5] usb: core: hcd: Let usb_add_hcd() indicate if roothub has to be registered

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Date:   Tue, 24 Aug 2021 10:56:17 -0400
From:   Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
To:     Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@...com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@...el.com>,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        chris.chiu@...onical.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/5] usb: core: hcd: Let usb_add_hcd() indicate if
 roothub has to be registered

On Tue, Aug 24, 2021 at 04:22:59PM +0530, Kishon Vijay Abraham I wrote:
> No functional change. Add __usb_add_hcd() which takes "register_hub"
> flag that indicates if roothub has to be registered or not. This is in
> preparation for allowing xhci to register roothub after the shared hcd
> is created. The interface for usb_add_hcd() is not modified to make sure
> there is no USB subsystem wide changes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@...com>
> ---
>  drivers/usb/core/hcd.c  | 20 +++++++++++---------
>  include/linux/usb/hcd.h |  8 ++++++--
>  2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/hcd.c b/drivers/usb/core/hcd.c
> index c036ba5311b3..4d7a9f0e2caa 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/core/hcd.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/core/hcd.c
> @@ -2788,13 +2788,14 @@ static void usb_stop_hcd(struct usb_hcd *hcd)
>   * @hcd: the usb_hcd structure to initialize
>   * @irqnum: Interrupt line to allocate
>   * @irqflags: Interrupt type flags
> + * @register_hub: Flag to indicate if roothub has to be registered.
>   *
>   * Finish the remaining parts of generic HCD initialization: allocate the
>   * buffers of consistent memory, register the bus, request the IRQ line,
>   * and call the driver's reset() and start() routines.
>   */
> -int usb_add_hcd(struct usb_hcd *hcd,
> -		unsigned int irqnum, unsigned long irqflags)
> +int __usb_add_hcd(struct usb_hcd *hcd, unsigned int irqnum, unsigned long irqflags,
> +		  bool register_hub)

For future reference: When you change the name of a function, be 
sure to update the name in the kerneldoc comment as well.

Alan Stern