Re: [PATCH V2 4/4] i8042: support async suspend and shutdown

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Tue Aug 04 2009 - 09:46:24 EST



> > > panic_blink = i8042_panic_blink;
> > >
> > > return 0;
> > >
> > > + err_dev_async_unregister:
> > > + dev_async_unregister(&i8042_platform_device->dev);
> > > err_free_device:
> > > platform_device_put(i8042_platform_device);
> > > err_unregister_driver:
> >
> > I still do not like the interface: manually unregistering seems to be
> > ugly & error prone.
> >
> hmm, yes, we can check device->dev_async and unregister it in driver
> core, at device_unregister time.
>
> then I think we should rename the interfaces to:
> device_enable_async_action(dev, type),
> and device_disable_async_action(dev)
> so that they are more like driver core helper functions.
> what do you think?

Yes, that would be nicer.
Pavel
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