linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add PPC contacts for PCI core error handling

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Date:   Fri, 14 Sep 2018 10:05:20 +1000
From:   Sam Bobroff <sbobroff@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Russell Currey <ruscur@...sell.cc>
Cc:     Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, oohall@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add PPC contacts for PCI core error handling

On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 12:26:55PM +1000, Russell Currey wrote:
> On Wed, 2018-09-12 at 11:58 -0500, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 11:55:26AM -0500, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> > > From: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
> > > 
> > > The original PCI error recovery functionality was for the powerpc-specific
> > > IBM EEH feature.  PCIe subsequently added some similar features, including
> > > AER and DPC, that can be used on any architecture.
> > > 
> > > We want the generic PCI core error handling support to work with all of
> > > these features.  Driver error recovery callbacks should be independent of
> > > which feature the platform provides.
> > > 
> > > Add the generic PCI core error recovery files to the powerpc EEH
> > > MAINTAINERS entry so the powerpc folks will be copied on changes to the
> > > generic PCI error handling strategy.
> > 
> > I really want to make sure the powerpc folks are plugged into any PCI core
> > error handling discussions.  Please let me know if there's a better way
> > than this patch, or if there are other people who should be added.
> 
> I think this patch is definitely a good idea.
> 
> Alongside this (whether you want to include it in your patch or not, Bjorn),
> Sam Bobroff should replace myself as maintainer.  He's been very active in fixing,
> reworking and reviewing in EEH land and will probably do a better job of keeping
> his finger on the pulse of the generic PCI error handling code than I did.
> 
> - Russell

That's fine with me. You can add me or let me know if I should send a
patch.

Sam.

> 
> > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
> > > ---
> > >  MAINTAINERS |    4 ++++
> > >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> > > index 7e10ba65bfe4..d6699597fd89 100644
> > > --- a/MAINTAINERS
> > > +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> > > @@ -11202,6 +11202,10 @@ PCI ENHANCED ERROR HANDLING (EEH) FOR POWERPC
> > >  M:	Russell Currey <ruscur@...sell.cc>
> > >  L:	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
> > >  S:	Supported
> > > +F:	Documentation/PCI/pci-error-recovery.txt
> > > +F:	drivers/pci/pcie/aer.c
> > > +F:	drivers/pci/pcie/dpc.c
> > > +F:	drivers/pci/pcie/err.c
> > >  F:	Documentation/powerpc/eeh-pci-error-recovery.txt
> > >  F:	arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh*.c
> > >  F:	arch/powerpc/platforms/*/eeh*.c
> > > 
> 

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