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. Thanks, -Toshi -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html