On Mon, Oct 01, 2018 at 03:40:51PM -0500, Bjorn Helgaas wrote: > I think the names "pci_device_is_present()" and > "mpt3sas_base_pci_device_is_available()" contribute to the problem > because they make promises that can't be kept -- all we can say is > that the device *was* present, but we know whether it is *still* > present.
Oops, I meant "we DON'T know whether it is still present." > I think it would be better if the interfaces were something > like "pci_device_is_absent()" because that gives a result we can rely > on. If that returns true, we know the device is definitely gone. > > Bjorn
