On 5/14/26 11:39 AM, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> 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@awdrv-04.cornelisnetworks.com/
>>
>>   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.

I would agree there.

-Denny