Re: [PATCH v4 1/6] mpt3sas: Introduce mpt3sas_base_pci_device_is_available

[Bjorn Helgaas]

On Mon, Oct 01, 2018 at 03:40:51PM -0500, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> I think the names "pci_device_is_present()" and
> "mpt3sas_base_pci_device_is_available()" contribute to the problem
> because they make promises that can't be kept -- all we can say is
> that the device *was* present, but we know whether it is *still*
> present.

Oops, I meant "we DON'T know whether it is still present."

> I think it would be better if the interfaces were something
> like "pci_device_is_absent()" because that gives a result we can rely
> on.  If that returns true, we know the device is definitely gone.
> 
> Bjorn