Re: [PATCH 2/3] ACPI / hotplug: Fix PCI host bridge hot removal

[Toshi Kani]

On Thu, 2013-11-14 at 00:16 +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Since the PCI host bridge scan handler does not set hotplug.enabled,
> the check of it in acpi_bus_device_eject() effectively prevents the
> root bridge hot removal from working after commit a3b1b1ef78cd
> (ACPI / hotplug: Merge device hot-removal routines).  However, that
> check is not necessary, because the other acpi_bus_device_eject()
> users, acpi_hotplug_notify_cb and acpi_eject_store(), do the same
> check by themselves before executing that function.
> 
> For this reason, remove the scan handler check from
> acpi_bus_device_eject() to make PCI hot bridge hot removal work
> again.

I am curious why the PCI host bridge scan handler does not set
hotplug.enabled.  Is this how it disables hotplug via sysfs eject but
enables via ACPI notification?  

Thanks,
-Toshi


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