Re: [PATCH 12/16] x86, mce: squash mce_intel.c into therm_throt.c

["H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>]

huang ying wrote:
> 2009/6/15 Hidetoshi Seto <seto.hidetoshi@jp.fujitsu.com>:
>> move intel_init_thermal() into therm_throt.c
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Hidetoshi Seto <seto.hidetoshi@jp.fujitsu.com>
>> ---
>>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/Makefile      |    2 +-
>>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_intel.c   |   73 ------------------------------
>>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c |   66 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  3 files changed, 67 insertions(+), 74 deletions(-)
>>  delete mode 100644 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_intel.c
> 
> Why we need this patch? I think the design principle behind MCE is to
> separate vendor/cpu specific code into different files. At least
> #ifdef CONFIG_X86_MCE_INTEL should be used around moved code.
> 

Honestly, such a design principle is pretty broken.  mce_intel.c
contained two completely orthogonal piece of functionality -- CMCI and
thermal -- that really should be in different files (and mce_intel.c
probably should be renamed cmci.c).  Furthermore, using #ifdef for
selecting specific code is considered less clean than using the Makefile
for this purpose.

	-hpa

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