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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] pci: keep pci device resource name pointer right.
    On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 12:19:21PM -0700, Yinghai Lu wrote:
    > Linus Torvalds wrote:
    > >
    > > On Fri, 17 Apr 2009, Yinghai Lu wrote:
    > >> it turns that we need to reget res->name because dev->dev.kobj name is changed
    > >> after device_add.
    > >
    > > Can we not make the rule be that the name should just be set before?
    > >
    > > IOW, there is something else broken, I think. Rather than put this ugly
    > > band-aid, why now make sure that whoever had that broken name fixes it?
    > >
    >
    > driver core guys are enforcing to use dev_name(device) instead of referring it.

    By "enforcing" you now mean, "there is no other way" :)

    > for pci code:
    >
    > via acpi_pci_root_driver.ops.add (aka acpi_pci_root_add) ==>
    > pci_acpi_scan_root is used to scan pci bus/device, and at the same we
    > read the resource for pci_dev at this point still need to use
    > bus->devices to go over all pci_devices if needed.
    > in the pci_read_bases, we have res->name = pci_name(pci_dev); pci_name
    > is calling dev_name.
    >
    > later via acpi_pci_root_driver.ops.start (aka acpi_pci_root_start) ==>
    > pci_bus_add_device to add all pci_dev in kobj tree.
    >
    > pci_bus_add_device will call device_add.
    >
    > actually in device_add
    >
    > /* first, register with generic layer. */
    > error = kobject_add(&dev->kobj, dev->kobj.parent, "%s", dev_name(dev));
    > if (error)
    > goto Error;
    >
    > will get one new name for that kobj, old name is freed.
    >
    > Will try to make kobject_add more smart to reuse the old one.

    I don't understand the problem here, how are you going to change the
    kobject core? Is this just because you aren't getting a name for the
    resource? If so, why would the driver core care about this?

    confused,

    greg k-h


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