linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] IB/qib: add acounting for MTRR

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Message-ID: <1429710292.45956.90.camel@redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 22 Apr 2015 09:44:52 -0400
From:	Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>
To:	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...not-panic.com>
Cc:	infinipath@...el.com, roland@...nel.org, sean.hefty@...el.com,
	hal.rosenstock@...il.com, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
	luto@...capital.net, mst@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	cocci@...teme.lip6.fr, "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...e.com>,
	Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@...com>,
	Suresh Siddha <sbsiddha@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
	Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>,
	Dave Airlie <airlied@...hat.com>,
	Antonino Daplas <adaplas@...il.com>,
	Jean-Christophe Plagniol-Villard <plagnioj@...osoft.com>,
	Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@...com>,
	linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] IB/qib: add acounting for MTRR

On Tue, 2015-04-21 at 14:50 -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...e.com>
> 
> There is no good reason not to, we eventually delete it as well.
> 
> Cc: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@...com>
> Cc: Suresh Siddha <sbsiddha@...il.com>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
> Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>
> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
> Cc: Dave Airlie <airlied@...hat.com>
> Cc: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@...il.com>
> Cc: Jean-Christophe Plagniol-Villard <plagnioj@...osoft.com>
> Cc: Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@...com>
> Cc: Mike Marciniszyn <infinipath@...el.com>
> Cc: Roland Dreier <roland@...nel.org>
> Cc: Sean Hefty <sean.hefty@...el.com>
> Cc: Hal Rosenstock <hal.rosenstock@...il.com>
> Cc: linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@...e.com>
> ---
>  drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_wc_x86_64.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_wc_x86_64.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_wc_x86_64.c
> index 81b225f..fe0850a 100644
> --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_wc_x86_64.c
> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_wc_x86_64.c
> @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ int qib_enable_wc(struct qib_devdata *dd)
>  	if (!ret) {
>  		int cookie;
>  
> -		cookie = mtrr_add(pioaddr, piolen, MTRR_TYPE_WRCOMB, 0);
> +		cookie = mtrr_add(pioaddr, piolen, MTRR_TYPE_WRCOMB, 1);
>  		if (cookie < 0) {
>  			{
>  				qib_devinfo(dd->pcidev,

Skip this patch please.  You remove this line entirely in your next
patch, so this becomes a single kernel out of all possible bisectable
kernels with this accounting enabled, and then the very next kernel does
away with it.  It makes no sense to have a single outlying bisectable
kernel like that.

-- 
Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>
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