[RFC PATCH v2 01/12] Add sys_hotplug.h for system device hotplug framework

[Toshi Kani]

On Mon, 2013-01-14 at 19:48 +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Monday, January 14, 2013 08:33:48 AM Toshi Kani wrote:
> > On Fri, 2013-01-11 at 22:23 +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > On Thursday, January 10, 2013 04:40:19 PM Toshi Kani wrote:
> > > > Added include/linux/sys_hotplug.h, which defines the system device
> > > > hotplug framework interfaces used by the framework itself and
> > > > handlers.
> > > > 
> > > > The order values define the calling sequence of handlers.  For add
> > > > execute, the ordering is ACPI->MEM->CPU.  Memory is onlined before
> > > > CPU so that threads on new CPUs can start using their local memory.
> > > > The ordering of the delete execute is symmetric to the add execute.
> > > > 
> > > > struct shp_request defines a hot-plug request information.  The
> > > > device resource information is managed with a list so that a single
> > > > request may target to multiple devices.
> > > > 
> >  :
> > > > +
> > > > +struct shp_device {
> > > > +	struct list_head	list;
> > > > +	struct device		*device;
> > > > +	enum shp_class		class;
> > > > +	union shp_dev_info	info;
> > > > +};
> > > > +
> > > > +/*
> > > > + * Hot-plug request
> > > > + */
> > > > +struct shp_request {
> > > > +	/* common info */
> > > > +	enum shp_operation	operation;	/* operation */
> > > > +
> > > > +	/* hot-plug event info: only valid for hot-plug operations */
> > > > +	void			*handle;	/* FW handle */
> > > 
> > > What's the role of handle here?
> > 
> > On ACPI-based platforms, the handle keeps a notified ACPI handle when a
> > hot-plug request is made.  ACPI bus handlers, acpi_add_execute() /
> > acpi_del_execute(), then scans / trims ACPI devices from the handle.
> 
> OK, so this is ACPI-specific and should be described as such.

Other FW interface I know is parisc, which has mod_index (module index)
to identify a unique object, just like what ACPI handle does.  The
handle can keep the mod_index as an opaque value as well.  But as you
said, I do not know if the handle works for all other FWs.  So, I will
add descriptions, such that the hot-plug event info is modeled after
ACPI and may need to be revisited when supporting other FW.

Thanks,
-Toshi