linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: Change trap definitions to enumerated values

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Date:	Tue, 3 May 2011 16:08:39 -0700
From:	David Sharp <dhsharp@...gle.com>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	Michael Rubin <mrubin@...gle.com>,
	Vaibhav Nagarnaik <vnagarnaik@...gle.com>,
	Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	x86@...nel.org, Aditya Kali <adityakali@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: Change trap definitions to enumerated values

Well, these two patches were one patch originally, and we broke it up
before sending it to you, but we made a couple mistakes:

- missed that there were still tracepoints in this patch (it's a long,
repetitive patch).
- over-estimated the resistance to this patch, and under-estimated
resistance to the tracepoint patch, so put the tracepoint patch first.

We're learning...

On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-05-03 at 15:41 -0700, Michael Rubin wrote:
>> On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 12:00 PM, Vaibhav Nagarnaik
>> <vnagarnaik@...gle.com> wrote:
>> > Would it make better sense to separate this patch into 2 patches, the first
>> > one replacing the numbers to enums and the second one adding the tracepoints?
>>
>> Yes please do that.
>> Each patch should stand on its own with one simple purpose if possible.
>
> Agreed. Don't break up patches just because of size, but instead with
> purpose. Usually this breaks up large patches as you want to build up
> something, piece by piece, where each piece has a specific, easy to
> understand goal.
>
> This is actually what is taking me so long to get my ftrace rewrite out.
> Not the actual work, but coming up with a way to break up that work in
> logical steps, that makes it easy to understand and review.
>
> -- Steve
>
>
>
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