linux-kernel - Re: [v2 13/13] perf parse-events: Remove ABORT

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Message-ID: <2023070106-unified-gone-f9d6@gregkh>
Date:   Sat, 1 Jul 2023 11:32:12 +0200
From:   Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:     Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
Cc:     Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>, linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org,
        bpf@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Athira Rajeev <atrajeev@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [v2 13/13] perf parse-events: Remove ABORT_ON

On Sat, Jul 01, 2023 at 11:00:15AM +0200, Markus Elfring wrote:
> >> Will it become helpful to split the proposed patch into smaller update steps?
> >
> > This is kind of why the series is 13 patches long, I'm not seeing why
> > you think the following stats qualify as "long":
> 
> It seems that we came along different expectations for a desirable change granularity.
> Intentions influence how known “code problems” can be adjusted (also for this update step).
> 
> How should following change ideas be handled then?
> 
> 1. Deletion of the macro “ABORT_ON”
> 
> 2. Addition of a comment for a special check
> 
> 3. Introduction of another error message for one failure mode
> 
> 
> Would you like to adjust the change description another bit?

Please no, it's fine.