Re: [PATCH 1/3] ACPI / blacklist: add acpi_match_oemlist() interface

From	"Kani, Toshimitsu" <toshi.kani@hpe.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH 1/3] ACPI / blacklist: add acpi_match_oemlist() interface
Date	2017-07-18 21:00 +0200
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On Tue, 2017-07-18 at 19:42 +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 05:24:50PM +0000, Kani, Toshimitsu wrote:
> > Well, a list does not need to be a black-list.
> 
> But this one *is* a blacklist.

Right.  Hence, acpi_backlisted() still declares the list as
'acpi_blacklist[]'.

> > So, I tried to avoid putting any usage to the structure name.
> 
> So OEM is a usage. The moment you need to use it for something else
> besides an OEM, it is not an OEM list anymore - it is a generic
> blacklist which blacklists OEMs too.

The term "oem" represents data types of the structure, oem_id[],
oem_table_id[], and oem_revision, which are defined by the ACPI spec.  

ghes_edac uses this structure as a while-list, so the term backlist is
misleading.  intel_pstate also uses it to list the platforms that do
not need OS control.

Thanks,
-Toshi

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Re: [PATCH 1/3] ACPI / blacklist: add acpi_match_oemlist() interface "Kani, Toshimitsu" <toshi.kani@hpe.com> - 2017-07-18 17:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 1/3] ACPI / blacklist: add acpi_match_oemlist() interface Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2017-07-18 18:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 1/3] ACPI / blacklist: add acpi_match_oemlist() interface "Kani, Toshimitsu" <toshi.kani@hpe.com> - 2017-07-18 19:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 1/3] ACPI / blacklist: add acpi_match_oemlist() interface Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2017-07-18 19:50 +0200
        Re: [PATCH 1/3] ACPI / blacklist: add acpi_match_oemlist() interface "Kani, Toshimitsu" <toshi.kani@hpe.com> - 2017-07-18 21:00 +0200
          Re: [PATCH 1/3] ACPI / blacklist: add acpi_match_oemlist() interface Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2017-07-18 21:40 +0200
            Re: [PATCH 1/3] ACPI / blacklist: add acpi_match_oemlist() interface "Kani, Toshimitsu" <toshi.kani@hpe.com> - 2017-07-18 22:20 +0200

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