linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 3/4] PCI/DPC: Unify and plumb error handling into DPC

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Date:   Thu, 18 Jan 2018 11:27:09 +0530
From:   poza@...eaurora.org
To:     Sinan Kaya <okaya@...eaurora.org>
Cc:     Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@...b.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Kate Stewart <kstewart@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Dongdong Liu <liudongdong3@...wei.com>,
        Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com>, Wei Zhang <wzhang@...com>,
        Timur Tabi <timur@...eaurora.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 3/4] PCI/DPC: Unify and plumb error handling into DPC

On 2018-01-18 10:47, poza@...eaurora.org wrote:
> On 2018-01-17 22:16, Sinan Kaya wrote:
>> On 1/17/2018 5:37 AM, Oza Pawandeep wrote:
>>> +++ b/include/linux/dpc.h
>>> @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
>>> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
>>> +
>>> +#ifndef _DPC_H_
>>> +#define _DPC_H_
>>> +
>>> +#define DPC_FATAL		4
>>> +
>>> +#endif //_DPC_H_
>>> +
>> 
>> can you keep this in drivers/pci.h and get rid of this file?
> 
> I thought about this, but if I keep it in drivers/pci.h,
> then AER's defines have to be in that as well. (for unification)
> 
> and then all the dependent files who are using AER_FATAL such as
> drivers/acpi/apei/ghees.c
> have to go on including this drivers file which is odd way of doing it.
> 
> So I am not very sure about this....since AER_FATAL are in aer.h, I
> have made dpc.h
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Oza.

Should I be doing in next patch-set series ?