linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/6] platform/x86: wmi: ACPI improvements

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Message-ID: <ad47d15f-74fc-4f59-bdd9-ac36dc95bdff@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2023 15:31:45 +0100
From: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
To: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@....de>, ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com
Cc: platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] platform/x86: wmi: ACPI improvements

Hi Armin,

On 12/16/23 02:55, Armin Wolf wrote:
> This patch series improves the ACPI handling inside the ACPI WMI driver.
> The first patch removes an unused variable, while the second patch
> changes the order in which the ACPI handlers are removed on shutdown.
> The third patch simplifies the error handling during probe by using
> devres to manage devie resources, while the next two patches decouple
> the ACPI notify handler from the wmi_block_list. The last patch
> simplifies yet another ACPI-related function.
> 
> All patches have been tested on a Dell Inspiron 3505 and appear to work.
> 
> Armin Wolf (6):
>   platform/x86: wmi: Remove unused variable in address space handler
>   platform/x86: wmi: Remove ACPI handlers after WMI devices
>   platform/x86: wmi: Use devres for resource handling
>   platform/x86: wmi: Create WMI bus device first
>   platform/x86: wmi: Decouple ACPI notify handler from wmi_block_list
>   platform/x86: wmi: Simplify get_subobj_info()
> 
>  drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c | 143 ++++++++++++++++++-------------------
>  1 file changed, 71 insertions(+), 72 deletions(-)

Thank you for the series, with the exception of the one small remark
to patch 3/7 the entire series looks good to me.

With that remark addressed you may add my:

Reviewed-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>

to the series.

Regards,

Hans

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