Re: [PATCH V7 2/3] qe_common: add qe_muram_ functions to manage muram

[Scott Wood <scottwood@freescale.com>]

On Wed, 2015-09-09 at 21:34 -0500, Zhao Qiang-B45475 wrote:
> On Mon, 2015-09-10 at 12:39 -0500, Wood Scott-B07421 wrote:
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Wood Scott-B07421
> > Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 12:39 AM
> > To: Zhao Qiang-B45475
> > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org;
> > lauraa@codeaurora.org; Xie Xiaobo-R63061; benh@kernel.crashing.org; Li
> > Yang-Leo-R58472; paulus@samba.org
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH V7 2/3] qe_common: add qe_muram_ functions to manage
> > muram
> > 
> > On Sun, 2015-09-06 at 01:37 -0500, Zhao Qiang-B45475 wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2015-09-2 at 8:34 +0800, Wood Scott-B07421 wrote:
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Wood Scott-B07421
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2015 8:34 AM
> > > > To: Zhao Qiang-B45475
> > > > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org;
> > > > lauraa@codeaurora.org; Xie Xiaobo-R63061; benh@kernel.crashing.org;
> > > > Li Yang-Leo-R58472; paulus@samba.org
> > > > Subject: Re: [PATCH V7 2/3] qe_common: add qe_muram_ functions to
> > > > manage muram
> > > > 
> > > > On Mon, 2015-08-31 at 16:58 +0800, Zhao Qiang wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > @@ -187,12 +190,25 @@ static inline int
> > > > > qe_alive_during_sleep(void)  }
> > > > > 
> > > > >  /* we actually use cpm_muram implementation, define this for
> > > > > convenience */ -#define qe_muram_init cpm_muram_init -#define
> > > > > qe_muram_alloc cpm_muram_alloc -#define qe_muram_alloc_fixed
> > > > > cpm_muram_alloc_fixed -#define qe_muram_free cpm_muram_free
> > > > > -#define qe_muram_addr cpm_muram_addr -#define qe_muram_offset
> > > > > cpm_muram_offset
> > > > > +#define cpm_muram_init qe_muram_init #define cpm_muram_alloc
> > > > > +qe_muram_alloc #define cpm_muram_alloc_fixed qe_muram_alloc_fixed
> > > > > +#define cpm_muram_free qe_muram_free #define cpm_muram_addr
> > > > > +qe_muram_addr #define cpm_muram_offset qe_muram_offset
> > > > 
> > > > Why?  This is unnecessary churn.
> > > > 
> > > This is necessary. QE is on both ARM and PowerPC, its code is under
> > > public code.
> > > But CPM is only on PowerPC and its code is under PowerPC.
> > > So when build ARM, QE will not find cpm_muram_* function.
> > 
> > If you move the cpm_muram functions to drivers/soc, then ARM will find
> > them.
> > There is no need to rename them.
> 
> Yes, moving cpm_muram can handle this issue. However, cpm is not necessary
> To move to public code, and a churn is simpler than moving cpm_muram.
> Please consider my suggestion, Thank you!

What do you mean by "public code"?  You're already moving cpm_muram.  I'm 
just asking that you not rename it while you do so.  If it absolutely must be 
renamed, do it in a different patch from the one that moves the code, though I
don't see why the rename is helpful.

-Scott