linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] cxl/events: Use a common struct for DRAM and General Media events

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Message-ID: <Zk4KVLG7zQfesBAE@aschofie-mobl2>
Date: Wed, 22 May 2024 08:08:04 -0700
From: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@...el.com>
To: "Fabio M. De Francesco" <fabio.m.de.francesco@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>,
	Jonathan Cameron <jonathan.cameron@...wei.com>,
	Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>,
	Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>,
	Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>,
	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>, linux-cxl@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] cxl/events: Use a common struct for DRAM and General
 Media events

On Tue, May 21, 2024 at 04:05:08PM +0200, Fabio M. De Francesco wrote:
> cxl_event_common was an unfortunate naming choice and caused confusion with
> the existing Common Event Record. Furthermore, its fields didn't map all
> the common information between DRAM and General Media Events.
> 
> Remove cxl_event_common and introduce cxl_event_media_hdr to record common
> information between DRAM and General Media events.
> 
> cxl_event_media_hdr, which is embedded in both cxl_event_gen_media and
> cxl_event_dram, leverages the commonalities between the two events to
> simplify their respective handling.
> 
> Suggested-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Fabio M. De Francesco <fabio.m.de.francesco@...ux.intel.com>

Reviewed-by: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@...el.com>

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