Re: [PATCH v6 1/2] ACPI: Move check for _DSD StorageD3Enable property to acpi

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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:
> > +/**
> > + * 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.



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