linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V3 0/8] genirq/timings: Fixes and selftests

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Message-ID: <ee0d9f68-2f85-ca56-1af9-f3f6a165863b@linaro.org>
Date:   Tue, 4 Jun 2019 08:15:18 +0200
From:   Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
To:     tglx@...utronix.de
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 0/8] genirq/timings: Fixes and selftests


Hi,

is it possible to consider this series for merging?

Thanks in advance

  -- Daniel


On 27/05/2019 22:55, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> This series provides a couple of fixes, an optimization and the code
> to do the selftests.
> 
> While writing the selftests, a couple of issues were spotted with
> the circular buffer handling and the routine searching for the pattern
> multiple times.
> 
> In addition, a small optimization has been found while investigating the
> bugs above.
> 
> In order to write the selftest, the routine needed by the core code and
> the tests are wrapped into function which are always inline so the current
> code is not impacted by a new function call. There is no functional
> changes in this part.
> 
> Finally, the selftest uses samples to insert values in the arrays and
> use them to predict the next event. These tests cover the most difficult
> part of the code.
> 
> Changelog:
> 
> V3:
>   - Removed patch using the min macro
>   - Fixed comment typos in patch 1/8
> V2:
>   - Removed defaulting to 'n' as it is already the case
> 
> 
> *** BLURB HERE ***
> 
> Daniel Lezcano (8):
>   genirq/timings: Fix next event index function
>   genirq/timings: Fix timings buffer inspection
>   genirq/timings: Optimize the period detection speed
>   genirq/timings: Encapsulate timings push
>   genirq/timings: Encapsulate storing function
>   genirq/timings: Add selftest for circular array
>   genirq/timings: Add selftest for irqs circular buffer
>   genirq/timings: Add selftest for next event computation
> 
>  kernel/irq/Makefile    |   3 +
>  kernel/irq/internals.h |  21 +-
>  kernel/irq/timings.c   | 453 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
>  lib/Kconfig.debug      |   8 +
>  4 files changed, 442 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)
> 


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