On Wed, Dec 18, 2024 at 04:37:41PM +0200, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:
> pcie_read_tlp_log() was exposed by the commit 0a5a46a6a61b ("PCI/AER:
> Generalize TLP Header Log reading") but this is now considered a
> mistake. No drivers outside of PCI subsystem should build their own
> diagnostic logging but should rely on PCI core doing it for them.
>
> There's currently one driver (ixgbe) doing it independently which was
> the initial reason why the export was added but it was decided by the
> PCI maintainer that it's something that should be eliminated.
>
> Remove the unwanted EXPORT of pcie_read_tlp_log() and remove it from
> include/linux/aer.h.
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240322193011.GA701027@bhelgaas/
> Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@xxxxxxx>
Thanks,
Yazen
