Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] PCI: Export pci_parent_bus_reset() for drivers to use

[Leon Romanovsky]

On Tue, May 12, 2026 at 11:17:29AM +0100, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> On Tue, 12 May 2026, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> 
> > > Export pci_parent_bus_reset() so that drivers do not duplicate it.  
> > > Document the interface.
> [...]
> > 
> > I wouldn't recommend doing this solely for hfi1. The driver is likely to be
> > removed or significantly changed soon.
> > 
> > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-rdma/177516078937.637585.1447184858924347033.stgit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> 
>  Thank you for the pointer.  FWIW as per the cover letter I have no own 
> interest in the driver and offered this cleanup as a general code quality 
> improvement.
> 
>  Dennis, please clarify your position, and if you'd rather this change 
> wasn't made, then I'll drop the patches from my local verification setup 
> and won't offer them again.

Let me put on my RDMA maintainer hat.

Since hfi1 is the only user of this newly exported symbol,
and it resides within RDMA, please drop this patch.

Thanks

> 
>   Maciej