linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v1 15/38] coco: host: arm64: Stop and destroy the physical device

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Message-ID: <yq5a34a7af7j.fsf@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2025 09:52:24 +0530
From: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@...nel.org>
To: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>
Cc: linux-coco@...ts.linux.dev, kvmarm@...ts.linux.dev,
	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, aik@....com,
	lukas@...ner.de, Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...osinc.com>,
	Xu Yilun <yilun.xu@...ux.intel.com>,
	Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
	Suzuki K Poulose <Suzuki.Poulose@....com>,
	Steven Price <steven.price@....com>,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
	Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@...ux.dev>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v1 15/38] coco: host: arm64: Stop and destroy the
 physical device

Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com> writes:

> On Mon, 28 Jul 2025 19:21:52 +0530
> "Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)" <aneesh.kumar@...nel.org> wrote:
>
>> Add support for stopping and destroying physical devices.
>
> I think it's an odd mix to not do create and destroy in a single patch.
> Same with start and stop.
> Leaves reviewers thinking perhaps you weren't cleaning up properly
> an any error paths are much less obvious.
>

I’ll fold this into the patch that adds the `pdev_create` functionality.

-aneesh