linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ACPI: Rename acpi_scan_device_not

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Date:   Tue, 24 Oct 2023 12:28:57 +0100
From:   "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To:     Miguel Luis <miguel.luis@...cle.com>
Cc:     "linux-pm@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        "loongarch@...ts.linux.dev" <loongarch@...ts.linux.dev>,
        "linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-arch@...r.kernel.org" <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "kvmarm@...ts.linux.dev" <kvmarm@...ts.linux.dev>,
        "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
        James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
        Salil Mehta <salil.mehta@...wei.com>,
        Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>,
        Jean-Philippe Brucker <jean-philippe@...aro.org>,
        "jianyong.wu@....com" <jianyong.wu@....com>,
        "justin.he@....com" <justin.he@....com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPI: Rename acpi_scan_device_not_present() to be about
 enumeration

On Tue, Oct 24, 2023 at 10:15:07AM +0000, Miguel Luis wrote:
> Hi Russell,
> 
> > On 20 Oct 2023, at 18:47, Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk> wrote:
> > 
> > From: James Morse <james.morse@....com>
> > 
> > acpi_scan_device_not_present() is called when a device in the
> > hierarchy is not available for enumeration. Historically enumeration
> > was only based on whether the device was present.
> > 
> > To add support for only enumerating devices that are both present
> > and enabled, this helper should be renamed. It was only ever about
> > enumeration, rename it acpi_scan_device_not_enumerated().
> > 
> > No change in behaviour is intended.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: James Morse <james.morse@....com>
> > Reviewed-by: Gavin Shan <gshan@...hat.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>
> 
> Fixes: 443fc8202272 ("ACPI / hotplug: Rework generic code to handle suprise removals”) ?

I'm not sure a patch that is merely renaming a function should ever
have a Fixes tag, since it's just a naming issue, it doesn't fix a
bug, change functionality or anything like that.

I would suggest that there would need to be good reason why such a
patch should be backported to stable kernels - for example, something
else that does fix a user visible bug requires this change.

Thanks.

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