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From: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
To: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Nathan Lynch <nathanl@linux.ibm.com>,
	Gautham R Shenoy <ego@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Michael Neuling <mikey@neuling.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Jordan Niethe <jniethe5@gmail.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>,
	Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@arm.com>,
	Oliver O'Halloran <oohall@gmail.com>,
	linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 10/10] powerpc/smp: Implement cpu_to_coregroup_id
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2020 21:29:13 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87tuxn53ee.fsf@mpe.ellerman.id.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200731095808.GB18776@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:
> * Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> [2020-07-31 18:02:21]:
>
>> Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:
>> > Lookup the coregroup id from the associativity array.
>
> Thanks Michael for all your comments and inputs.
>
>> It's slightly strange that this is called in patch 9, but only properly
>> implemented here in patch 10.
>> 
>> I'm not saying you have to squash them together, but it would be good if
>> the change log for patch 9 mentioned that a subsequent commit will
>> complete the implementation and how that affects the behaviour.
>
> I probably got influenced by few LKML community members who always add a
> stub and implement the gory details in a subsequent patch. I will surely add
> the change log in patch 9 about the subsequent patches.

That's OK, it's a valid way to do things, and can be good for keeping
the size of individual patches down to make them easier to review.

But yeah a mention in the change log of the preceeding patch is helpful
for anyone looking at that commit on its own in the future.

cheers

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From: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
To: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>,
	Anton Blanchard <anton@ozlabs.org>,
	Oliver O'Halloran <oohall@gmail.com>,
	Nathan Lynch <nathanl@linux.ibm.com>,
	Michael Neuling <mikey@neuling.org>,
	Gautham R Shenoy <ego@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@arm.com>,
	Jordan Niethe <jniethe5@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 10/10] powerpc/smp: Implement cpu_to_coregroup_id
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2020 21:29:13 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87tuxn53ee.fsf@mpe.ellerman.id.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200731095808.GB18776@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:
> * Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> [2020-07-31 18:02:21]:
>
>> Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:
>> > Lookup the coregroup id from the associativity array.
>
> Thanks Michael for all your comments and inputs.
>
>> It's slightly strange that this is called in patch 9, but only properly
>> implemented here in patch 10.
>> 
>> I'm not saying you have to squash them together, but it would be good if
>> the change log for patch 9 mentioned that a subsequent commit will
>> complete the implementation and how that affects the behaviour.
>
> I probably got influenced by few LKML community members who always add a
> stub and implement the gory details in a subsequent patch. I will surely add
> the change log in patch 9 about the subsequent patches.

That's OK, it's a valid way to do things, and can be good for keeping
the size of individual patches down to make them easier to review.

But yeah a mention in the change log of the preceeding patch is helpful
for anyone looking at that commit on its own in the future.

cheers

  reply	other threads:[~2020-07-31 11:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 64+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-07-27  5:32 [PATCH v4 00/10] Coregroup support on Powerpc Srikar Dronamraju
2020-07-27  5:32 ` Srikar Dronamraju
2020-07-27  5:32 ` [PATCH v4 01/10] powerpc/smp: Fix a warning under !NEED_MULTIPLE_NODES Srikar Dronamraju
2020-07-27  5:32   ` Srikar Dronamraju
2020-07-27  5:32 ` [PATCH v4 02/10] powerpc/smp: Merge Power9 topology with Power topology Srikar Dronamraju
2020-07-27  5:32   ` Srikar Dronamraju
2020-07-27  5:32 ` [PATCH v4 03/10] powerpc/smp: Move powerpc_topology above Srikar Dronamraju
2020-07-27  5:32   ` Srikar Dronamraju
2020-07-27  5:32 ` [PATCH v4 04/10] powerpc/smp: Move topology fixups into a new function Srikar Dronamraju
2020-07-27  5:32   ` Srikar Dronamraju
2020-07-27  5:32 ` [PATCH v4 05/10] powerpc/smp: Dont assume l2-cache to be superset of sibling Srikar Dronamraju
2020-07-27  5:32   ` Srikar Dronamraju
2020-07-27  5:32 ` [PATCH v4 06/10] powerpc/smp: Generalize 2nd sched domain Srikar Dronamraju
2020-07-27  5:32   ` Srikar Dronamraju
2020-07-30  5:55   ` Gautham R Shenoy
2020-07-30  5:55     ` Gautham R Shenoy
2020-07-31  7:45   ` Michael Ellerman
2020-07-31  7:45     ` Michael Ellerman
2020-07-31  9:29     ` Srikar Dronamraju
2020-07-31  9:29       ` Srikar Dronamraju
2020-07-31 12:22       ` Michael Ellerman
2020-07-31 12:22         ` Michael Ellerman
2020-07-27  5:32 ` [PATCH v4 07/10] Powerpc/numa: Detect support for coregroup Srikar Dronamraju
2020-07-27  5:32   ` Srikar Dronamraju
2020-07-31  7:49   ` Michael Ellerman
2020-07-31  7:49     ` Michael Ellerman
2020-07-31  9:18     ` Srikar Dronamraju
2020-07-31  9:18       ` Srikar Dronamraju
2020-07-31 11:31       ` Michael Ellerman
2020-07-31 11:31         ` Michael Ellerman
2020-07-27  5:32 ` [PATCH v4 08/10] powerpc/smp: Allocate cpumask only after searching thread group Srikar Dronamraju
2020-07-27  5:32   ` Srikar Dronamraju
2020-07-31  7:52   ` Michael Ellerman
2020-07-31  7:52     ` Michael Ellerman
2020-07-31  9:49     ` Srikar Dronamraju
2020-07-31  9:49       ` Srikar Dronamraju
2020-07-31 12:14       ` Michael Ellerman
2020-07-31 12:14         ` Michael Ellerman
2020-07-27  5:32 ` [PATCH v4 09/10] Powerpc/smp: Create coregroup domain Srikar Dronamraju
2020-07-27  5:32   ` Srikar Dronamraju
2020-07-27 18:52   ` Gautham R Shenoy
2020-07-27 18:52     ` Gautham R Shenoy
2020-07-28 15:03   ` Valentin Schneider
2020-07-28 15:03     ` Valentin Schneider
2020-07-29  6:13     ` Srikar Dronamraju
2020-07-29  6:13       ` Srikar Dronamraju
2020-07-31  1:05       ` Valentin Schneider
2020-07-31  1:05         ` Valentin Schneider
2020-08-03  6:01         ` Srikar Dronamraju
2020-08-03  6:01           ` Srikar Dronamraju
2020-07-31  7:36       ` Gautham R Shenoy
2020-07-31  7:36         ` Gautham R Shenoy
2020-07-27  5:32 ` [PATCH v4 10/10] powerpc/smp: Implement cpu_to_coregroup_id Srikar Dronamraju
2020-07-27  5:32   ` Srikar Dronamraju
2020-07-31  8:02   ` Michael Ellerman
2020-07-31  8:02     ` Michael Ellerman
2020-07-31  9:58     ` Srikar Dronamraju
2020-07-31  9:58       ` Srikar Dronamraju
2020-07-31 11:29       ` Michael Ellerman [this message]
2020-07-31 11:29         ` Michael Ellerman
2020-07-30 17:22 ` [PATCH v4 00/10] Coregroup support on Powerpc Srikar Dronamraju
2020-07-30 17:22   ` Srikar Dronamraju
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2020-07-27  5:17 Srikar Dronamraju
2020-07-27  5:18 ` [PATCH v4 10/10] powerpc/smp: Implement cpu_to_coregroup_id Srikar Dronamraju
2020-07-27  5:18   ` Srikar Dronamraju

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