RE: [PATCH v4] cxl/events: Use a common struct for DRAM and General Media events

From: Dan Williams
Date: Tue May 21 2024 - 11:59:46 EST


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@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Fabio M. De Francesco <fabio.m.de.francesco@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> - Changes for v4 -
>
> - Initialise cxl_test_dram and cxl_test_gen_media without
> unnecessary extra de-references (Dan)
> - Add a comment for media_hdr in union cxl_event (Alison)
>
> - Changes for v3 -
>
> - Rework the layout of cxl_event_dram and cxl_event_gen_media to
> make a simpler change (Dan)
> - Remove a "Fixes" tag (Dan)
> - Don't use unnecessary struct_group[_tagged] (Jonathan, Ira)
> - Rewrite end extend the commit message
>
> - Link to v3 -
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cxl/20240518113317.3683718-1-fabio.m.de.francesco@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
>
> drivers/cxl/core/mbox.c | 2 +-
> drivers/cxl/core/trace.h | 32 ++++++++++-----------
> include/linux/cxl-event.h | 41 ++++++++++-----------------
> tools/testing/cxl/test/mem.c | 54 +++++++++++++++++++-----------------
> 4 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 68 deletions(-)

LGTM

Reviewed-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>