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Re: [PATCH v8 0/6] Device tree based NUMA support for Arm - Part#2


  • To: Wei Chen <Wei.Chen@xxxxxxx>
  • From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2022 10:28:48 +0100
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On 14.11.2022 09:33, Wei Chen wrote:
> Hi Jan,
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: 2022年11月14日 16:23
>> To: Wei Chen <Wei.Chen@xxxxxxx>
>> Cc: nd <nd@xxxxxxx>; Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>; Roger Pau
>> Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>; Wei Liu <wl@xxxxxxx>; George Dunlap
>> <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>; Julien Grall <julien@xxxxxxx>; Stefano
>> Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>; xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 0/6] Device tree based NUMA support for Arm -
>> Part#2
>>
>> On 14.11.2022 09:14, Wei Chen wrote:
>>> Hi Jan,
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
>>>> Sent: 2022年11月14日 16:05
>>>> To: Wei Chen <Wei.Chen@xxxxxxx>
>>>> Cc: nd <nd@xxxxxxx>; Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>; Roger
>> Pau
>>>> Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>; Wei Liu <wl@xxxxxxx>; George Dunlap
>>>> <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>; Julien Grall <julien@xxxxxxx>; Stefano
>>>> Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>; xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 0/6] Device tree based NUMA support for Arm -
>>>> Part#2
>>>>> So in this patch series, we implement a set of NUMA API to use
>>>>> device tree to describe the NUMA layout. We reuse most of the
>>>>> code of x86 NUMA to create and maintain the mapping between
>>>>> memory and CPU, create the matrix between any two NUMA nodes.
>>>>> Except ACPI and some x86 specified code, we have moved other
>>>>> code to common. In next stage, when we implement ACPI based
>>>>> NUMA for Arm64, we may move the ACPI NUMA code to common too,
>>>>> but in current stage, we keep it as x86 only.
>>>>>
>>>>> This patch serires has been tested and booted well on one
>>>>> Arm64 NUMA machine and one HPE x86 NUMA machine.
>>>>>
>>>>> [1] https://lists.xenproject.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2022-
>>>> 06/msg00499.html
>>>>> [2] https://lists.xenproject.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2021-
>>>> 09/msg01903.html
>>>>>
>>>>> ---
>>>>> v7 -> v8:
>>>>>  1. Rebase code to resolve merge conflict.
>>>>
>>>> You mention this here but not in any of the patches. Which leaves
>>>> reviewers guessing where the re-base actually was: Re-bases, at
>>>> least sometimes, also need (re-)reviewing.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I just applied the v7 to the latest staging branch, this work has not
>>> Generated any new change for this series. I should have described it
>>> clear or not mentioned this in cover letter. Sorry for confusing you!
>>
>> But you talk about a merge conflict. And that's what I refer to when
>> saying "may need (re-)reviewing". The same happened during earlier
>> versions of the series, except there I was aware of what you needed
>> to re-base over because it was changes I had done (addressing
>> observations made while reviewing your changes). This time round I'm
>> simply not aware of what change(s) you needed to re-base over (which
>> is why I pointed out that it is generally helpful to indicate on a
>> per-patch basis when non-trivial re-basing was involved).
>>
> 
> I had thought it was a code conflict before, because our internal gerrit
> system marked that this series has a merge conflict. But the actual
> situation is our gerrit setting policy problem. There are no code conflicts
> in these patches themselves. We also did not modify the patch to resolve
> the gerrit conflicts. Regardless of whether it is a new or old version,
> if I modify the patch, I will remove the reviewed-by.

I'd prefer if you didn't unilaterally. Instead I'd like to suggest that
you apply common sense as to whether mere re-basing might actually
invalidate previously supplied tags.

Jan



 


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