linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 03/12] irqchip: mips-gic: Introduce gic_with_each_online

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Date:   Fri, 20 May 2022 09:38:55 +0100
From:   Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
To:     Dragan Mladjenovic <Dragan.Mladjenovic@...mia.com>
Cc:     Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>,
        Paul Burton <paulburton@...nel.org>,
        Serge Semin <fancer.lancer@...il.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        linux-mips@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Chao-ying Fu <cfu@...ecomp.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/12] irqchip: mips-gic: Introduce gic_with_each_online_cpu()

On Thu, 19 May 2022 19:51:16 +0100,
Dragan Mladjenovic <Dragan.Mladjenovic@...mia.com> wrote:
> 
> From: Paul Burton <paulburton@...nel.org>
> 
> A few pieces of code in the MIPS GIC driver operate on the GIC local
> register block for each online CPU, accessing each via the GIC's
> other/redirect register block. This patch abstracts the process of
> iterating over online CPUs & configuring the other/redirect region to
> access their registers through a new gic_with_each_online_cpu() macro.
> 
> This simplifies users of the new macro slightly, and more importantly
> prepares us for handling multi-cluster systems where the register
> configuration will be done via the CM's GCR_CL_REDIRECT register. By
> abstracting all other/redirect block configuration through this macro,
> and the __gic_with_next_online_cpu() function which backs it, users will
> trivially gain support for multi-cluster when it is implemented in
> __gic_with_next_online_cpu().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Burton <paulburton@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Chao-ying Fu <cfu@...ecomp.com>
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-mips-gic.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-mips-gic.c
> index ff89b36267dd..4872bebe24cf 100644
> --- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-mips-gic.c
> +++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-mips-gic.c

No SoB from the sender, odd patch format (no ---), and I didn't get a
complete series, which makes it impossible to review things in context
(I don't even know what the series is about).

Please fix things and resend.

	M.

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