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From: Jonathan Cameron <jonathan.cameron@huawei.com>
To: Nathan Lynch <nathan.lynch@amd.com>
Cc: Nathan Lynch via B4 Relay
	<devnull+nathan.lynch.amd.com@kernel.org>,
	Vinod Koul <vkoul@kernel.org>, Wei Huang <wei.huang2@amd.com>,
	"Mario Limonciello" <mario.limonciello@amd.com>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>, <linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, <dmaengine@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 06/13] dmaengine: sdxi: Add error reporting support
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 15:23:27 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250916152327.0000335c@huawei.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87frcna1mq.fsf@AUSNATLYNCH.amd.com>


> >> +
> >> +	/* 6. Program MMIO_ERR_CFG. */  
> >
> > I'm guessing these are numbers steps in some bit of the spec?
> > If not some of these comments like this one provide no value.  We can
> > see what is being written from the code!  Perhaps add a very specific
> > spec reference if you want to show why the numbering is here.  
> 
> Perhaps it's understated, but at the beginning of this function:
> 
>   /* Refer to "Error Log Initialization" */
>   int sdxi_error_init(struct sdxi_dev *sdxi)
> 
> The numbered steps in the function correspond to the numbered steps in
> that part of the spec.
> 
> I could make the comment something like:
> 
> /*
>  * The numbered steps below correspond to the sequence outlined in 3.4.2
>  * "Error Log Initialization".
>  */
> 
> though I'm unsure how stable the section numbering in the SDXI spec will
> be over time.

Always reference sections by name (which you do!) and version of the spec
for alongside the section number.  They are rarely stable for long.

Jonathan

  reply	other threads:[~2025-09-16 14:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-09-05 18:48 [PATCH RFC 00/13] dmaengine: Smart Data Accelerator Interface (SDXI) basic support Nathan Lynch via B4 Relay
2025-09-05 18:48 ` [PATCH RFC 01/13] PCI: Add SNIA SDXI accelerator sub-class Nathan Lynch via B4 Relay
2025-09-15 17:25   ` Bjorn Helgaas
2025-09-15 20:17     ` Nathan Lynch
2025-09-05 18:48 ` [PATCH RFC 02/13] dmaengine: sdxi: Add control structure definitions Nathan Lynch via B4 Relay
2025-09-05 18:48 ` [PATCH RFC 03/13] dmaengine: sdxi: Add descriptor encoding and unit tests Nathan Lynch via B4 Relay
2025-09-15 11:52   ` Jonathan Cameron
2025-09-15 19:30     ` Nathan Lynch
2025-09-16 14:20       ` Jonathan Cameron
2025-09-16 19:06         ` Nathan Lynch
2025-09-05 18:48 ` [PATCH RFC 04/13] dmaengine: sdxi: Add MMIO register definitions Nathan Lynch via B4 Relay
2025-09-05 18:48 ` [PATCH RFC 05/13] dmaengine: sdxi: Add software data structures Nathan Lynch via B4 Relay
2025-09-15 11:59   ` Jonathan Cameron
2025-09-16 19:07     ` Nathan Lynch
2025-09-16  9:38   ` Markus Elfring
2025-09-05 18:48 ` [PATCH RFC 06/13] dmaengine: sdxi: Add error reporting support Nathan Lynch via B4 Relay
2025-09-15 12:11   ` Jonathan Cameron
2025-09-15 20:42     ` Nathan Lynch
2025-09-16 14:23       ` Jonathan Cameron [this message]
2025-09-05 18:48 ` [PATCH RFC 07/13] dmaengine: sdxi: Import descriptor enqueue code from spec Nathan Lynch via B4 Relay
2025-09-15 12:18   ` Jonathan Cameron
2025-09-16 17:05   ` [External] : " ALOK TIWARI
2025-09-05 18:48 ` [PATCH RFC 08/13] dmaengine: sdxi: Context creation/removal, descriptor submission Nathan Lynch via B4 Relay
2025-09-15 14:12   ` Jonathan Cameron
2025-09-16 20:40     ` Nathan Lynch
2025-09-17 13:34       ` Jonathan Cameron
2025-09-15 19:42   ` Markus Elfring
2025-09-05 18:48 ` [PATCH RFC 09/13] dmaengine: sdxi: Add core device management code Nathan Lynch via B4 Relay
2025-09-15 14:23   ` Jonathan Cameron
2025-09-16 21:23     ` Nathan Lynch
2025-09-05 18:48 ` [PATCH RFC 10/13] dmaengine: sdxi: Add PCI driver support Nathan Lynch via B4 Relay
2025-09-05 19:14   ` Mario Limonciello
2025-09-10 15:25     ` Nathan Lynch
2025-09-05 20:05   ` Bjorn Helgaas
2025-09-10 15:28     ` Nathan Lynch
2025-09-15 15:03   ` Jonathan Cameron
2025-09-16 16:43   ` [External] : " ALOK TIWARI
2025-09-05 18:48 ` [PATCH RFC 11/13] dmaengine: sdxi: Add DMA engine provider Nathan Lynch via B4 Relay
2025-09-15 15:16   ` Jonathan Cameron
2025-09-05 18:48 ` [PATCH RFC 12/13] dmaengine: sdxi: Add Kconfig and Makefile Nathan Lynch via B4 Relay
2025-09-15 15:08   ` Jonathan Cameron
2025-09-15 16:44     ` Nathan Lynch
2025-09-05 18:48 ` [PATCH RFC 13/13] MAINTAINERS: Add entry for SDXI driver Nathan Lynch via B4 Relay

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