Re: [PATCH v7] cxl/events: Use a common struct for DRAM and General Media events

From: Jonathan Cameron
Date: Fri Jun 07 2024 - 11:13:55 EST


On Fri, 7 Jun 2024 16:43:58 +0200
"Fabio M. De Francesco" <fabio.m.de.francesco@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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>
> Reviewed-by: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Fabio M. De Francesco <fabio.m.de.francesco@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
With the fix for my mistake in v6 review.

Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@xxxxxxxxxx>

>
> +struct cxl_event_media_hdr {
> + struct cxl_event_record_hdr hdr;
> + __le64 phys_addr;
> + u8 descriptor;
> + u8 type;
> + u8 transaction_type;
> + /*
> + * The meaning of Validity Flags after bit 2 is
oops. I got this wrong. Sorry!

"from bit 2"
after would not include bit 2 which is "nibble" for dram and
"device" for media.

Maybe if Dave is happy with this one otherwise he can tidy that
up whilst applying?


> + * different across DRAM and General Media records
> + */
> + u8 validity_flags[2];
> + u8 channel;
> + u8 rank;
> +} __packed;
> +