linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 05/16] x86/pmu: enable Hygon support to PMU infrastructure

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Date:   Tue, 4 Sep 2018 21:32:41 +0800
From:   Pu Wen <puwen@...on.cn>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:     tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com,
        x86@...nel.org, thomas.lendacky@....com, pbonzini@...hat.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 05/16] x86/pmu: enable Hygon support to PMU
 infrastructure

On 2018/9/4 18:48, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 08:43:54PM +0800, Pu Wen wrote:
>> Hygon PMU arch is similar to AMD Family 17h. To support Hygon PMU, the
>> initialization flow for it just call amd_pmu_init() and change PMU name
>
> That sentence reads funny.

Will rewrite this sentence to make it more understandable. :)

> In general, you seem to be explaining *what* your patches do and not
> *why*. This is the wrong. Always explain the *why* - the *what* is
> visible from the diff.
>
> You probably need to brush up on
> Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst, section 2.

All right, will relearn the document and rework the patch descriptions.

>> +	case 0x18:
>> +		if (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_HYGON) {
>> +			pr_cont("Fam18h ");
>
> Didn't we agree that you'll verify whether family 0x18 is going to be
> Hygon only?
>
> What happened to that checking?
...
> Same here.
>
> What's up?

Will remove all the remaining unneeded Hygon vendor checking through
the whole patch set to minimize the code modification.

Thanks,
Pu Wen