linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] PCI/portdrv Hisilicon PCIe transport layer Port PMU driver.

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Date:   Thu, 3 Jan 2019 15:44:40 +0000
From:   Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
To:     Jonathan Cameron <jonathan.cameron@...wei.com>
Cc:     Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Shaokun Zhang <zhangshaokun@...ilicon.com>,
        linuxarm@...wei.com, Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com>,
        Zhou Wang <wangzhou1@...ilicon.com>,
        Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, alex.umansky@...wei.com,
        Eric.Wehage@...wei.com, Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] PCI/portdrv Hisilicon PCIe transport layer Port
 PMU driver.

On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 10:21:27AM +0000, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Dec 2018 12:19:15 -0600
> Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org> wrote:
> > Agreed.  I could imagine a drivers/pci/pmu/ directory sort of like
> > drivers/pci/switch/.
> 
> That might work.  Mark, Will what do you think? As long as you and Bjorn
> agree I don't think it'll really matter which one is chosen.
> 
> driver/pci/pmu/ or drivers/perf/pci ?

I have a slight preference for the latter since the perf interface for
PMU drivers is notoriously subtle and error-prone. Keeping PMU drivers
together can be helpful to spot emerging patterns and makes cross-driver
changes easier to co-ordinate.

However, I'll defer to Bjorn since it's only a minor preference. We'd
obviously loop in linux-pci + Bjorn on any new submissions.

Will