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
next prev parent 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
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=20250916152327.0000335c@huawei.com \
--to=jonathan.cameron@huawei.com \
--cc=bhelgaas@google.com \
--cc=devnull+nathan.lynch.amd.com@kernel.org \
--cc=dmaengine@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=linux-pci@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=mario.limonciello@amd.com \
--cc=nathan.lynch@amd.com \
--cc=vkoul@kernel.org \
--cc=wei.huang2@amd.com \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox