[PATCH -v3 38/47] PCI, sysfs: Prepare to kill pci device rescan

[Yinghai Lu]

Hope we can kill it after one year.

Print warning to catch real users for that feature.

Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt |    9 +++++++++
 drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c                    |    3 +++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index a0ffac0..1b984a1 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -299,6 +299,15 @@ Why:	In 2.6.27, the semantics of /sys/bus/pci/slots was redefined to
 	fakephp interface.
 Who:	Alex Chiang <achiang@xxxxxx>
 
+-----------------------------
+
+What:	/sys/bus/pci/devices/.../rescan
+When:	April 2013
+Why:	That rescan will rescan pci parent's bus. It is confusing.
+	Now we have bridge rescan_bridge and bus rescan, and they could
+	be used on exact device and bus that need to be rescaned.
+Who:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@xxxxxxxxxx>
+
 ---------------------------
 
 What:	CONFIG_RFKILL_INPUT
diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c b/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
index 4697afe..d33a1bc 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
@@ -318,6 +318,9 @@ dev_rescan_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (val) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "rescan with pci device will be removed "
+			 "shortly, please use bridge rescan_bridge\n"
+			 "or bus/rescan instead\n");
 		mutex_lock(&pci_remove_rescan_mutex);
 		pci_rescan_bus(pdev->bus);
 		mutex_unlock(&pci_remove_rescan_mutex);
-- 
1.7.7

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