Re: [PATCH] kdb: Remove redundant module related references

From: Daniel Thompson
Date: Fri Mar 11 2022 - 10:47:37 EST


On Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 01:07:57PM -0800, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 09, 2022 at 12:06:40PM +0000, Daniel Thompson wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 08, 2022 at 10:52:03AM +0000, Aaron Tomlin wrote:
> > > Hi Luis, Christoph, Daniel,
> > >
> > > Is this patch ok or would you rather another iteration of the series?
> > > Either way is fine for me. Thanks.
> >
> > Another iteration makes more sense to me.
>
> Iteration yes, but separating the patches no into another series no.
>
> > The removal of kdb_modules is semantically part of your module clean
> > up patch set and should certainly be included in it.
> >
> > The removal of the spurious #include's in other kdb files is a
> > good change but it is fully independent of the module rework. AFAICT
> > those fixes are good with or without your changes. This suggests
> > these changes can be separate from the main patch set.
>
> Small fixes get piled in first on the series. But this is not a fix.
> This effort will not be merged separately too. This won't go into the
> next merge window either, because:
>
> 1) There is no rush
> 2) It is too late as all this needs proper testing and
> its too late to claim enough testing
>
> So given this is all related to the move I see no reason to treat
> this as a separate series. Your review of the v11 would be nice.

The reason to suggest separation was that the changes to the other
files in kernel/debug/ are entirely independent of the module rework
and would usually be landed via a different tree.

On the whole it doesn't really matter much... but landing the
independent parts via the normal route for kgdb code reduces what I
have to remember acking.


Daniel.