From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B7D7C433ED for ; Thu, 29 Apr 2021 09:58:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5220061457 for ; Thu, 29 Apr 2021 09:58:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S232258AbhD2J6x (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Apr 2021 05:58:53 -0400 Received: from mail-oi1-f177.google.com ([209.85.167.177]:45706 "EHLO mail-oi1-f177.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S231543AbhD2J6w (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Apr 2021 05:58:52 -0400 Received: by mail-oi1-f177.google.com with SMTP id n184so39938716oia.12; Thu, 29 Apr 2021 02:58:05 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=aDU1vjC7awl7J2VdVrVA0TsppuCw6q3A0r6e1Mo7KBM=; b=UNliPv+TGN6PqJkZ85UxE6gO5k8Q21f/pMgDUDFGzTTNkXL5j/9NnGe+gVPKTfdJ6e I1mUYwx6lVAgxgTrHBr7D0AmFgSC+FHA61lkQjZSVFXL1EvpYl81L7pMvOUYwbahw5i2 oYg/MoIvruB5yN+twVyYAFS1kavfoT2oX5G8g+WWCc/S74RE3laR1zGwQbqrxmqXHY2K 239/fU5VaUdhXKc9om6AZ3dXau/ERTxB41e+1EAr9HWxuIuqcN0HuaiSW+LaCmf7bZsp HRa0Y+e80CRq/xb9MQx/1H9RnxtfjVHyEyK2hPJlojr/LAQ6lR+kmhW/KUyZeCgE5y70 wNtQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531h1MMCp9iYCmvw3ziAYblJ/Gqt6PkRJzK0lflbhCf13Zs2siB/ /Xb6J+1N5lQeVJumWicsgGVp9wLMm5z8n4MWFKA= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxWEbVseQppmpJicDpiqwHMSTnWWvJIlFsvpacjdcnVQHMd38UiTLhkwV5bzRx2vlWJPTgrUnsLeR/b5vqipFI= X-Received: by 2002:aca:5fc3:: with SMTP id t186mr22966501oib.69.1619690284872; Thu, 29 Apr 2021 02:58:04 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20210424021631.1972022-1-rajatja@google.com> <20210424021631.1972022-2-rajatja@google.com> <79b994f2476249498797e1784f735fd7@AcuMS.aculab.com> <21c6b5002c5ad36cd7fe0bb849f5eba12a614bca.camel@suse.com> <0601e45130495b152bec04eee4a50e302db4cfd2.camel@suse.com> <5ac7634acbe7569879234ad541879c79918f3e00.camel@suse.com> In-Reply-To: <5ac7634acbe7569879234ad541879c79918f3e00.camel@suse.com> From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2021 11:57:52 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] pci: Support "removable" attribute for PCI devices To: Oliver Neukum Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" , David Laight , Rajat Jain , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Bjorn Helgaas , Alan Stern , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Linux PCI , "open list:ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB) SUBSYSTEM:" , Bjorn Helgaas , Rajat Jain , Jesse Barnes , Dmitry Torokhov Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-pci@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at 11:03 AM Oliver Neukum wrote: > > Am Mittwoch, den 28.04.2021, 14:21 +0200 schrieb Rafael J. Wysocki: > > > In principle, in the wake of Thunderbolt every PCI driver handling > > PCIe devices needs to be able to deal with a device that's gone away > > without notice, because in principle any PCIe device can be included > > into a Thunderbolt docking station which may go away as a whole > > without notice. > > Yes, but we are dealing with what we export to user space, don't we? Right, so it would be good to know why exporting this information to user space is desired.