Re: [PATCH] ACPICA: make acpi_load_table() return table index

[Shevchenko, Andriy]

On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 07:09:05PM +0300, Schmauss, Erik wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Nikolaus Voss <nikolaus.voss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2019 1:08 AM
> > To: Shevchenko, Andriy <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>; Schmauss, Erik
> > <erik.schmauss@xxxxxxxxx>; Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Moore,
> > Robert <robert.moore@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Len Brown <lenb@xxxxxxxxxx>; Jacek Anaszewski
> > <jacek.anaszewski@xxxxxxxxx>; Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx>; Dan Murphy
> > <dmurphy@xxxxxx>; linux-acpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; devel@xxxxxxxxxx; linux-
> > kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; nv@xxxxxxx; Nikolaus Voss
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> > Subject: [PATCH] ACPICA: make acpi_load_table() return table index
> > 
> Hi Nikolaus,
> 
> > For unloading an ACPI table, it is necessary to provide the index of the table.
> > The method intended for dynamically loading or hotplug addition of tables,
> > acpi_load_table(), should provide this information via an optional pointer to
> > the loaded table index.
> 
> We'll take this patch for ACPICA upstream

Erik,

how about to have also counterpart to acpi_load_table() which will do
what it's done now in acpi_configfs.c via acpi_tb_*() API?

Because it's kinda strange to call acpi_load_table*() and acpi_tb_*()
in the same module.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko