[openib-general] struct class and device.c

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

Hello!
Quoting r. Roland Dreier (roland at topspin.com) "Re: [openib-general] struct class and device.c":
>     Michael> No, I had in mind using the children list in the class
>     Michael> instead of the device_list in device.c and interfaces
>     Michael> list instead of the client_list. Why not? Wouldnt that
>     Michael> work?
> 
> I guess it would work but it seems ugly to rely on the internals of
> struct class.  Although drivers/ieee1394 does do exactly this (without
> any locking)....

Yes.

Further, thats just for the alloc_name hacks. I am not sure why
that is useful - this creates arbitrary names like mthca0
which are not really useful to identify the devices.
Couldnt just say pci bus names be used?