linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add PPC contacts for PCI core error handling

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Date:   Wed, 12 Sep 2018 11:58:46 -0500
From:   Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>
To:     linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, Russell Currey <ruscur@...sell.cc>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Cc:     Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add PPC contacts for PCI core error handling

On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 11:55:26AM -0500, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> From: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
> 
> The original PCI error recovery functionality was for the powerpc-specific
> IBM EEH feature.  PCIe subsequently added some similar features, including
> AER and DPC, that can be used on any architecture.
> 
> We want the generic PCI core error handling support to work with all of
> these features.  Driver error recovery callbacks should be independent of
> which feature the platform provides.
> 
> Add the generic PCI core error recovery files to the powerpc EEH
> MAINTAINERS entry so the powerpc folks will be copied on changes to the
> generic PCI error handling strategy.

I really want to make sure the powerpc folks are plugged into any PCI core
error handling discussions.  Please let me know if there's a better way
than this patch, or if there are other people who should be added.

> Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS |    4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 7e10ba65bfe4..d6699597fd89 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -11202,6 +11202,10 @@ PCI ENHANCED ERROR HANDLING (EEH) FOR POWERPC
>  M:	Russell Currey <ruscur@...sell.cc>
>  L:	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
>  S:	Supported
> +F:	Documentation/PCI/pci-error-recovery.txt
> +F:	drivers/pci/pcie/aer.c
> +F:	drivers/pci/pcie/dpc.c
> +F:	drivers/pci/pcie/err.c
>  F:	Documentation/powerpc/eeh-pci-error-recovery.txt
>  F:	arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh*.c
>  F:	arch/powerpc/platforms/*/eeh*.c
>