netdev - Re: [PATCH v1] farsync: use generic power management

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Date:   Wed, 29 Jul 2020 15:47:30 +0530
From:   Vaibhav Gupta <vaibhavgupta40@...il.com>
To:     Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>
Cc:     Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn@...gaas.com>,
        Vaibhav Gupta <vaibhav.varodek@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Kevin Curtis <kevin.curtis@...site.co.uk>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linuxfoundation.org,
        Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] farsync: use generic power management

On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 03:04:13PM -0500, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 09:58:10AM +0530, Vaibhav Gupta wrote:
> > The .suspend() and .resume() callbacks are not defined for this driver.
> > Still, their power management structure follows the legacy framework. To
> > bring it under the generic framework, simply remove the binding of
> > callbacks from "struct pci_driver".
> 
> FWIW, this commit log is slightly misleading because .suspend and
> .resume are NULL by default, so this patch actually is a complete
> no-op as far as code generation is concerned.
> 
> This change is worthwhile because it simplifies the code a little, but
> it doesn't convert the driver from legacy to generic power management.
> This driver doesn't supply a .pm structure, so it doesn't seem to do
> *any* power management.
> 
Agreed. Actually, as their presence only causes PCI core to call
pci_legacy_suspend/resume() for them, I thought that after removing the binding
from "struct pci_driver", this driver qualifies to be grouped under genric
framework, so used "use generic power management" for the heading.

I should have written "remove legacy bindning".

But David has applied the patch, should I send a v2 or fix to update message?

Thanks
Vaibhav Gupta
> > Change code indentation from space to tab in "struct pci_driver".
> >