Re: [PATCH v6 1/2] ACPI: Move check for _DSD StorageD3Enable property to acpi
From: Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>
Date: 2021-06-08 20:01:17
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From: Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>
Date: 2021-06-08 20:01:17
Also in:
linux-nvme
On Tue, Jun 08, 2021 at 07:35:46AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
On Mon, Jun 07, 2021 at 12:31:55PM -0500, Mario Limonciello wrote:quoted
+/** + * acpi_storage_d3 - Check if a storage device should use D3. + * @dev: Device to check + * + * Returns %true if @dev should be put into D3 when the ->suspend method is + * called, else %false. The name of this function is somewhat misleading + * as it has nothing to do with storage except for the name of the ACPI + * property. On some platforms resume will not work if this hint is ignored. + * + */I still do not like this comment. There is nothing about only using this for storage devices. It is specific to a PCIe slot, and if I plug something that is not a storage device into it the same restrictions still apply.
Hm, I thought this comment was good. Despite the dupious connection to storage, the function name matches the ACPI property, so an explanation for this misnomer seems appropriate.