Re: [PATCH 3/3] PCI: Convert rtw88 power cycle quirk to shutdown quirk

[Heiner Kallweit]

On 26.02.2021 08:12, Kalle Valo wrote:
> Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
>> Now we have a generic D3 shutdown quirk, so convert the original
>> approach to a PCI quirk.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/pci.c | 2 --
>>  drivers/pci/quirks.c                     | 6 ++++++
>>  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> It would have been nice to CC linux-wireless also on patches 1-2. I only
> saw patch 3 and had to search the rest of patches from lkml.
> 
> I assume this goes via the PCI tree so:
> 
> Acked-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 

To me it looks odd to (mis-)use the quirk mechanism to set a device
to D3cold on shutdown. As I see it the quirk mechanism is used to work
around certain device misbehavior. And setting a device to a D3
state on shutdown is a normal activity, and the shutdown() callback
seems to be a good place for it.
I miss an explanation what the actual benefit of the change is.