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

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Date:   Wed, 19 Sep 2018 11:49:26 +1000
From:   Russell Currey <ruscur@...sell.cc>
To:     Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
        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, oohall@...il.com,
        sbobroff@...ux.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add PPC contacts for PCI core error
 handling

On Tue, 2018-09-18 at 16:58 -0500, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> 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.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
> 
> I applied the following to for-linus for v4.19.  Russell, if you want
> to be removed, let me know and I'll do that.

Oliver's email address for kernel stuff is oohall@...il.com, I think benh has been
CCing his IBM address.  But other than that,

Acked-by: Russell Currey <ruscur@...sell.cc>

Thanks for this, Bjorn.

- Russell

> 
> commit 3fed0e04026c
> Author: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
> Date:   Wed Sep 12 11:55:26 2018 -0500
> 
>     MAINTAINERS: Update PPC contacts for PCI core error handling
>     
>     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.
>     
>     Add Sam and Oliver as maintainers for this area.
>     
>     Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
> 
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 4ece30f15777..f23244003836 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -11203,8 +11203,14 @@ F:	tools/pci/
>  
>  PCI ENHANCED ERROR HANDLING (EEH) FOR POWERPC
>  M:	Russell Currey <ruscur@...sell.cc>
> +M:	Sam Bobroff <sbobroff@...ux.ibm.com>
> +M:	Oliver O'Halloran <oliveroh@....ibm.com>
>  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