linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH V7 2/3] qe_common: add qe_muram

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Message-ID: <SN1PR0301MB1550D133A4FE7FE3DB8870D19B510@SN1PR0301MB1550.namprd03.prod.outlook.com>
Date:	Thu, 10 Sep 2015 02:34:54 +0000
From:	Zhao Qiang <qiang.zhao@...escale.com>
To:	Scott Wood <scottwood@...escale.com>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org" <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
	"lauraa@...eaurora.org" <lauraa@...eaurora.org>,
	Xiaobo Xie <X.Xie@...escale.com>,
	"benh@...nel.crashing.org" <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Li Leo <LeoLi@...escale.com>,
	"paulus@...ba.org" <paulus@...ba.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH V7 2/3] qe_common: add qe_muram_ functions to manage muram

On Mon, 2015-09-10 at 12:39 -0500, Wood Scott-B07421 wrote:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wood Scott-B07421
> Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 12:39 AM
> To: Zhao Qiang-B45475
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org;
> lauraa@...eaurora.org; Xie Xiaobo-R63061; benh@...nel.crashing.org; Li
> Yang-Leo-R58472; paulus@...ba.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH V7 2/3] qe_common: add qe_muram_ functions to manage
> muram
> 
> On Sun, 2015-09-06 at 01:37 -0500, Zhao Qiang-B45475 wrote:
> > On Mon, 2015-09-2 at 8:34 +0800, Wood Scott-B07421 wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Wood Scott-B07421
> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2015 8:34 AM
> > > To: Zhao Qiang-B45475
> > > Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org;
> > > lauraa@...eaurora.org; Xie Xiaobo-R63061; benh@...nel.crashing.org;
> > > Li Yang-Leo-R58472; paulus@...ba.org
> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH V7 2/3] qe_common: add qe_muram_ functions to
> > > manage muram
> > >
> > > On Mon, 2015-08-31 at 16:58 +0800, Zhao Qiang wrote:
> > >
> > > > @@ -187,12 +190,25 @@ static inline int
> > > > qe_alive_during_sleep(void)  }
> > > >
> > > >  /* we actually use cpm_muram implementation, define this for
> > > > convenience */ -#define qe_muram_init cpm_muram_init -#define
> > > > qe_muram_alloc cpm_muram_alloc -#define qe_muram_alloc_fixed
> > > > cpm_muram_alloc_fixed -#define qe_muram_free cpm_muram_free
> > > > -#define qe_muram_addr cpm_muram_addr -#define qe_muram_offset
> > > > cpm_muram_offset
> > > > +#define cpm_muram_init qe_muram_init #define cpm_muram_alloc
> > > > +qe_muram_alloc #define cpm_muram_alloc_fixed qe_muram_alloc_fixed
> > > > +#define cpm_muram_free qe_muram_free #define cpm_muram_addr
> > > > +qe_muram_addr #define cpm_muram_offset qe_muram_offset
> > >
> > > Why?  This is unnecessary churn.
> > >
> > This is necessary. QE is on both ARM and PowerPC, its code is under
> > public code.
> > But CPM is only on PowerPC and its code is under PowerPC.
> > So when build ARM, QE will not find cpm_muram_* function.
> 
> If you move the cpm_muram functions to drivers/soc, then ARM will find
> them.
> There is no need to rename them.

Yes, moving cpm_muram can handle this issue. However, cpm is not necessary
To move to public code, and a churn is simpler than moving cpm_muram.
Please consider my suggestion, Thank you!

> 
> -Scott