linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02/15] riscv: use CSR_SATP instead of the legacy sptbr name in switch

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.9999.1908130951250.30024@viisi.sifive.com>
Date:   Tue, 13 Aug 2019 09:51:56 -0700 (PDT)
From:   Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
cc:     Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...ive.com>,
        Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@....com>,
        linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Atish Patra <atish.patra@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/15] riscv: use CSR_SATP instead of the legacy sptbr
 name in switch_mm

On Tue, 13 Aug 2019, Christoph Hellwig wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 09:36:23AM -0700, Paul Walmsley wrote:
> > On Tue, 13 Aug 2019, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > 
> > > Switch to our own constant for the satp register instead of using
> > > the old name from a legacy version of the privileged spec.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
> > > Reviewed-by: Atish Patra <atish.patra@....com>
> > 
> > Didn't you want us to replace this with Bin Meng's patch?
> > 
> > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-riscv/20190807151316.GB16432@infradead.org/
> > 
> > If so, probably best just to drop this one and state a dependency.
> 
> Either way is fine with me.  But until you have a branch with
> either one applied I'm going to keep resending my patch, as random
> dependencies on uncommitted patches don't work.

If you're going to resend a patch, it's better to resend the other one 
that you've explicitly endorsed in favor of your own.


- Paul