From: Rusty Russell <rusty@ozlabs.org>
To: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>, Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>,
"linux-kernel\@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/36] AArch64 Linux kernel port
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 11:38:08 +0930 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87y5mppw8n.fsf@rustcorp.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120711105335.GD22437@arm.com>
On Wed, 11 Jul 2012 11:53:35 +0100, Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> wrote:
> Hi Rusty,
Hi Catalin,
This is fun!
> On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 06:26:49AM +0100, Rusty Russell wrote:
> > I know it's a crazy idea, but why don't we try some actual analysis?
>
> This kind of analysis is not relevant. It's not like you can use a tool
> to just mix the lines from one file with another and get a merged port.
Whether a tool or human would do it, using some methodology to measure
similarity of two ports seems more informative than relying on the gut
feel of developers.
> The tool claims unicore32 shares 57% with arch/arm. It gets confused in
> the same way because unicore32 started with the ARM port as the code
> base. Do we want it merged with arch/arm based on hashmatch?
It doesn't "get confused"; it means exactly what it says. Sure, it's
rough, but it's unbiased.
And it indicates that arch/aarch64 is as related to arch/arm as
arch/unicore32 is, ie. no more than expected from an arm-derived port.
(I actually get 56% for unicore32, 52% for aarch64).
Thus I consider my previous position proven incorrect: aarch64 should be
its own tree.
> This tool also shows that pretty much most of the atomic.h file in
> AArch64 is the same with AArch32. That's completely wrong as the
> assembly syntax is different for the two architectures (even the asm
> comment has changed from @ to //). That's a file that can never be
> shared.
That's why I subtracted a randomly-chosen other arch (sparc) to try to
eliminate such boilerplate similarities.
Cheers,
Rusty.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-07-12 6:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 184+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-07-06 21:05 [PATCH 00/36] AArch64 Linux kernel port Catalin Marinas
2012-07-06 21:05 ` [PATCH 01/36] atomic64_test: Simplify the #ifdef for atomic64_dec_if_positive() test Catalin Marinas
2012-07-18 4:33 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2012-07-18 9:06 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-07-06 21:05 ` [PATCH 02/36] ipc: Add COMPAT_SHMLBA support Catalin Marinas
2012-07-18 5:53 ` Jon Masters
2012-07-18 9:03 ` Will Deacon
2012-07-06 21:05 ` [PATCH 03/36] ipc: allow compat IPC version field parsing if !ARCH_WANT_OLD_COMPAT_IPC Catalin Marinas
2012-07-06 21:05 ` [PATCH 04/36] ipc: compat: use signed size_t types for msgsnd and msgrcv Catalin Marinas
2012-07-06 21:05 ` [PATCH 05/36] fs: Build sys_stat64() and friends if __ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_STAT64 Catalin Marinas
2012-07-06 21:05 ` [PATCH 06/36] fdt: Add generic dt_memblock_reserve() function Catalin Marinas
[not found] ` <1341608777-12982-7-git-send-email-catalin.marinas-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org>
2012-07-07 21:18 ` Rob Herring
2012-07-07 21:18 ` Rob Herring
2012-07-08 9:43 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-07-06 21:05 ` [PATCH 07/36] AArch64: Assembly macros and definitions Catalin Marinas
2012-07-07 5:57 ` Greg KH
2012-07-08 9:23 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-07-20 14:22 ` [07/36] " Christopher Covington
2012-07-24 16:40 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-07-06 21:05 ` [PATCH 08/36] AArch64: Kernel booting and initialisation Catalin Marinas
2012-07-06 21:32 ` Stephen Warren
2012-07-08 9:18 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-07-23 17:48 ` Stephen Warren
2012-07-23 17:58 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-07-18 6:57 ` Jon Masters
2012-07-18 9:07 ` Will Deacon
2012-07-20 7:11 ` Jon Masters
2012-07-19 17:31 ` Christopher Covington
2012-07-20 7:10 ` Jon Masters
2012-07-20 8:28 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-07-20 10:52 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-07-20 12:32 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2012-07-20 13:16 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-07-20 13:47 ` Christopher Covington
2012-07-20 13:52 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-07-20 13:48 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-07-20 14:53 ` Christopher Covington
2012-07-23 20:52 ` [08/36] " Christopher Covington
2012-07-24 16:24 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-07-24 18:53 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-07-24 23:20 ` Frank Rowand
2012-07-25 8:34 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-07-24 19:42 ` Christopher Covington
2012-07-25 8:47 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-07-25 13:39 ` Christopher Covington
2012-07-06 21:05 ` [PATCH 09/36] AArch64: Exception handling Catalin Marinas
2012-08-09 17:05 ` [09/36] " Christopher Covington
2012-08-09 17:23 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-08-09 19:19 ` Christopher Covington
2012-07-06 21:05 ` [PATCH 10/36] AArch64: MMU definitions Catalin Marinas
2012-10-02 0:43 ` Jon Masters
2012-10-02 15:39 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-07-06 21:05 ` [PATCH 11/36] AArch64: MMU initialisation Catalin Marinas
2012-07-06 21:05 ` [PATCH 12/36] AArch64: MMU fault handling and page table management Catalin Marinas
2012-07-06 21:05 ` [PATCH 13/36] AArch64: Process management Catalin Marinas
2012-07-06 21:05 ` [PATCH 14/36] AArch64: CPU support Catalin Marinas
2012-07-06 21:05 ` [PATCH 15/36] AArch64: Cache maintenance routines Catalin Marinas
2012-07-06 21:05 ` [PATCH 16/36] AArch64: TLB maintenance functionality Catalin Marinas
2012-07-06 21:05 ` [PATCH 17/36] AArch64: IRQ handling Catalin Marinas
2012-07-06 21:05 ` [PATCH 18/36] AArch64: Atomic operations Catalin Marinas
2012-07-06 21:06 ` [PATCH 19/36] AArch64: Device specific operations Catalin Marinas
2012-07-06 21:06 ` [PATCH 20/36] AArch64: DMA mapping API Catalin Marinas
2012-07-06 21:06 ` [PATCH 21/36] AArch64: SMP support Catalin Marinas
2012-07-06 21:06 ` [PATCH 22/36] AArch64: ELF definitions Catalin Marinas
2012-07-06 21:06 ` [PATCH 23/36] AArch64: System calls handling Catalin Marinas
2012-07-06 21:06 ` [PATCH 24/36] AArch64: VDSO support Catalin Marinas
2012-07-06 21:06 ` [PATCH 25/36] AArch64: Signal handling support Catalin Marinas
2012-07-06 21:06 ` [PATCH 26/36] AArch64: User access library functions Catalin Marinas
2012-07-06 21:06 ` [PATCH 27/36] AArch64: 32-bit (compat) applications support Catalin Marinas
2012-07-06 21:06 ` [PATCH 28/36] AArch64: Floating point and SIMD Catalin Marinas
2012-07-06 21:06 ` [PATCH 29/36] AArch64: Debugging support Catalin Marinas
2012-07-06 21:06 ` [PATCH 30/36] AArch64: Performance counters support Catalin Marinas
2012-07-06 21:06 ` [PATCH 31/36] AArch64: Miscellaneous library functions Catalin Marinas
2012-07-06 21:06 ` [PATCH 32/36] AArch64: Loadable modules Catalin Marinas
2012-07-06 21:06 ` [PATCH 33/36] AArch64: Generic timers support Catalin Marinas
2012-07-12 0:18 ` Linus Walleij
2012-07-12 10:09 ` Marc Zyngier
2012-07-12 10:56 ` Linus Walleij
2012-07-12 16:57 ` John Stultz
2012-07-12 17:31 ` Marc Zyngier
2012-07-12 17:39 ` John Stultz
2012-07-13 12:40 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-07-13 16:02 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-07-13 16:32 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-07-13 18:30 ` John Stultz
2012-07-06 21:06 ` [PATCH 34/36] AArch64: Miscellaneous header files Catalin Marinas
2012-07-06 21:06 ` [PATCH 35/36] AArch64: Build infrastructure Catalin Marinas
2012-07-06 21:06 ` [PATCH 36/36] AArch64: MAINTAINERS update Catalin Marinas
2012-08-10 16:24 ` [36/36] " Christopher Covington
2012-08-10 16:24 ` Christopher Covington
2012-07-06 22:58 ` [PATCH 00/36] AArch64 Linux kernel port Alan Cox
2012-07-07 21:30 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-07-07 23:14 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-07-07 23:29 ` Alan Cox
2012-07-09 11:35 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-07-09 13:51 ` Alan Cox
2012-07-09 15:32 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-07-09 15:49 ` Alan Cox
2012-07-09 16:02 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-07-09 16:33 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-07-07 3:29 ` Matthew Garrett
2012-07-09 12:32 ` Mark Brown
2012-07-09 13:06 ` Matthew Garrett
2012-07-09 13:56 ` Mark Brown
2012-07-09 14:02 ` Matthew Garrett
2012-07-09 15:46 ` Mark Brown
2012-07-07 3:53 ` Olof Johansson
2012-07-07 19:27 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-07-07 23:45 ` Jan Engelhardt
2012-07-08 5:05 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2012-07-08 20:28 ` Jan Engelhardt
2012-07-08 7:54 ` Jon Masters
2012-07-08 11:17 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2012-07-08 18:13 ` Jon Masters
2012-07-08 18:31 ` Jon Masters
2012-07-08 22:24 ` Dennis Gilmore
2012-07-09 2:01 ` Jon Masters
2012-07-09 8:57 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-07-09 13:33 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2012-07-08 20:31 ` Jan Engelhardt
2012-07-08 23:32 ` Jon Masters
2012-07-10 7:10 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-07-10 10:10 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-07-10 15:33 ` Alan Cox
2012-07-10 16:52 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-07-10 20:35 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-07-10 21:19 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-07-10 21:48 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-07-11 8:20 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-07-11 11:30 ` Alan Cox
2012-07-10 21:44 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-07-11 8:55 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-07-11 5:26 ` Rusty Russell
2012-07-11 10:53 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-07-12 2:08 ` Rusty Russell [this message]
2012-07-10 16:57 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-07-10 16:52 ` Dennis Gilmore
2012-07-10 17:14 ` Joe Perches
2012-07-10 18:01 ` Jan Ceuleers
2012-07-10 18:05 ` richard -rw- weinberger
2012-07-10 20:16 ` Alexander Holler
2012-07-14 22:16 ` Jon Masters
2012-07-10 22:08 ` Chris Adams
2012-07-14 9:30 ` Pavel Machek
2012-07-15 12:16 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-07-15 19:43 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-07-15 21:33 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-07-16 12:16 ` Pavel Machek
2012-07-17 7:05 ` Jon Masters
2012-07-17 8:02 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-07-17 9:50 ` Alan Cox
2012-07-18 2:36 ` Jon Masters
2012-07-17 10:45 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-07-16 9:26 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2012-07-17 6:53 ` Christoph Hellwig
2012-07-17 8:07 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-07-16 8:24 ` Avi Kivity
2012-07-17 7:09 ` Jon Masters
2012-07-17 8:37 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-07-15 23:21 ` Måns Rullgård
2012-07-15 23:53 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-07-17 22:18 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-07-17 22:35 ` Joe Perches
2012-07-18 2:33 ` Jon Masters
2012-07-18 15:27 ` Dennis Gilmore
2012-07-18 17:14 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-07-18 17:25 ` Måns Rullgård
2012-07-18 19:35 ` Jon Masters
2012-07-18 19:55 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-07-19 14:16 ` Guillem Jover
2012-07-07 23:42 ` Jan Engelhardt
2012-07-08 10:18 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-07-09 12:31 ` Jan Engelhardt
2012-07-07 9:30 ` Mikael Pettersson
2012-07-07 19:21 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2012-07-10 10:12 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-07-14 9:35 ` Pavel Machek
2012-07-15 11:36 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-07-16 16:19 ` Pavel Machek
2012-07-16 19:45 ` Arnd Bergmann
2012-07-16 19:47 ` Måns Rullgård
2012-07-18 5:35 ` Jon Masters
2012-07-18 9:13 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-07-26 11:59 ` Catalin Marinas
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