linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] Second set of RISC-V updates for v5.5-rc1

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Date:   Wed, 4 Dec 2019 18:38:56 +0000
From:   Alistair Francis <Alistair.Francis@....com>
To:     "anup@...infault.org" <anup@...infault.org>,
        "paul.walmsley@...ive.com" <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>
CC:     "torvalds@...ux-foundation.org" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Atish Patra <Atish.Patra@....com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "hch@....de" <hch@....de>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Second set of RISC-V updates for v5.5-rc1

On Wed, 2019-12-04 at 18:22 +0530, Anup Patel wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 2:22 PM Paul Walmsley <
> paul.walmsley@...ive.com> wrote:
> > Linus,
> > 
> > The following changes since commit
> > 5ba9aa56e6d3e8fddb954c2f818d1ce0525235bb:
> > 
> >   Merge branch 'next/nommu' into for-next (2019-11-22 18:59:09
> > -0800)
> > 
> > are available in the Git repository at:
> > 
> >   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git
> > tags/riscv/for-v5.5-rc1-2
> > 
> > for you to fetch changes up to
> > 1646220a6d4b27153ddb5ffb117aa1f4c39e3d1f:
> > 
> >   Merge branch 'next/defconfig-add-debug' into for-next (2019-11-22 
> > 18:59:23 -0800)
> > 
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> > Second set of RISC-V updates for v5.5-rc1
> > 
> > A few minor RISC-V updates for v5.5-rc1 that arrived late.
> > 
> > New features:
> > 
> > - Dump some kernel virtual memory map details to the console if
> >   CONFIG_DEBUG_VM is enabled
> > 
> > Other improvements:
> > 
> > - Enable more debugging options in the primary defconfigs
> > 
> > Cleanups:
> > 
> > - Clean up Kconfig indentation
> > 
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> > Krzysztof Kozlowski (1):
> >       riscv: Fix Kconfig indentation
> > 
> > Paul Walmsley (4):
> >       riscv: defconfigs: enable debugfs
> >       riscv: defconfigs: enable more debugging options
> 
> I had commented on your patch but my comments are still
> not addressed.
> 
> Various debug options enabled by this patch have performance
> impact. Instead of enabling these debug options in primary
> defconfigs, I suggest to have separate debug defconfigs with
> these options enabled.

+1

OE uses the defconfig (as I'm sure other distros do) and slowing down
users seems like a bad idea.

Alistair

> 
> Please address my comments and send this patch in
> separate PR.
> 
> Regards,
> Anup
> 
> >       Merge branch 'next/misc2' into for-next
> >       Merge branch 'next/defconfig-add-debug' into for-next
> > 
> > Yash Shah (1):
> >       RISC-V: Add address map dumper
> > 
> >  arch/riscv/Kconfig.socs           | 16 ++++++++--------
> >  arch/riscv/configs/defconfig      | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  arch/riscv/configs/rv32_defconfig | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  arch/riscv/mm/init.c              | 32
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  4 files changed, 88 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)