Re: [PATCH 1/2] ACPI / glue: Add .match() callback to structacpi_bus_type

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 10:53:21PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> USB uses the .find_bridge() callback from struct acpi_bus_type
> incorrectly, because as a result of the way it is used by USB every
> device in the system that doesn't have a bus type or parent is
> passed to usb_acpi_find_device() for inspection.
> 
> What USB actually needs, though, is to call usb_acpi_find_device()
> for USB ports that don't have a bus type defined, but have
> usb_port_device_type as their device type, as well as for USB
> devices.
> 
> To fix that replace the struct bus_type pointer in struct
> acpi_bus_type used for matching devices to specific subsystems
> with a .match() callback to be used for this purpose and update
> the users of struct acpi_bus_type, including USB, accordingly.
> Define the .match() callback routine for USB, usb_acpi_bus_match(),
> in such a way that it will cover both USB devices and USB ports
> and remove the now redundant .find_bridge() callback pointer from
> usb_acpi_bus.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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