linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 8/8] x86/platform/uv: Account for UV Hubless in is_uvX

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Message-ID: <98e34464-f9b7-6e78-6528-96b83f094282@hpe.com>
Date:   Tue, 3 Sep 2019 11:58:49 -0700
From:   Mike Travis <mike.travis@....com>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Dimitri Sivanich <dimitri.sivanich@....com>,
        Russ Anderson <russ.anderson@....com>,
        Hedi Berriche <hedi.berriche@....com>,
        Steve Wahl <steve.wahl@....com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/8] x86/platform/uv: Account for UV Hubless in is_uvX_hub
 Ops

On 9/3/2019 9:19 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 02, 2019 at 07:18:23PM -0500, Mike Travis wrote:
>> +#ifdef	UV1_HUB_IS_SUPPORTED
> 
> All these ifdefs are dead code, please just remove them.

Those ifdefs are not dead code and are being actively used.  Plus UV1 
support is dead and I think the last running system died about a year 
ago and no support or parts are available.  So undef'ing these macros 
will simplify and reduce the size of the object code.

> Also it seems like at least the various mmr macros just check
> for a specific version, I think you are much better off just
> using a switch statement for the possible revisions there.
> 
>> +		return (uv_hub_info->hub_revision == UV4A_HUB_REVISION_BASE);

The problem is those revision bases can change if a UV HUB revision 
changes.  That is why there are ranges and why I'm converting them to 
"uv_type".  Some UV kernel source code still needs to know the exact HUB 
revision, like (again) hwperf.

> 
> And none of these braces are required.
> 

Sure, I can take those out now, but usually I then get bit by 
checkpatches which then says "parenthesis's are required".