Re: [PATCH 1/2] PCI: Use software node API with additional device properties

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Thu Sep 30 2021 - 06:20:37 EST


On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 1:06 PM Heikki Krogerus
<heikki.krogerus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 10:33:27AM +0800, Zhangfei Gao wrote:

...

> If the device is really never removed, then we could also constify the
> node and the properties in it. Then the patch would look like this:

I'm not sure the user can't force removal of the device (via PCI
rescan, for example,, or via unbind/bind cycle). I guess this way
should be really taken carefully.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko