linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] GPU-DRM-Radeon: Fine-tuning for three function implementations

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Date:   Wed, 10 May 2017 13:30:37 +0200
From:   Christian König <christian.koenig@....com>
To:     Michel Dänzer <michel@...nzer.net>,
        SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>,
        Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@....com>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>
CC:     <amd-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org>, <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] GPU-DRM-Radeon: Fine-tuning for three function
 implementations

Am 10.05.2017 um 02:23 schrieb Michel Dänzer:
> On 03/05/17 09:46 PM, Christian König wrote:
>> Am 02.05.2017 um 22:04 schrieb SF Markus Elfring:
>>> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
>>> Date: Tue, 2 May 2017 22:00:02 +0200
>>>
>>> Three update suggestions were taken into account
>>> from static source code analysis.
>>>
>>> Markus Elfring (3):
>>>     Use seq_putc() in radeon_sa_bo_dump_debug_info()
>>>     Use seq_puts() in radeon_debugfs_pm_info()
>>>     Use seq_puts() in r100_debugfs_cp_csq_fifo()
>> Reviewed-by: Christian König <christian.koenig@....com>
> Based on
> https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dri-devel/2017-May/140837.html
> and followups, I'm afraid we'll have to make sure Markus' patches have
> been tested adequately before applying them.

I can't judge the background of that decision, but at least those tree 
patches for radeon looked trivial to me.

I don't see much what could go wrong when merging them. On the other 
hand you are right that trying to find hardware to test that stuff could 
be challenging.

Christian.