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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 10:39:19 +0100
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On 14.11.2022 10:37, Wei Chen wrote:
> Hi Jan,
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: 2022年11月14日 17:29
>> 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 09:33, 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.
>>
> 
> I will keep this in mind in the future. Since for v8 there is actually no
> change (except patch 5 to fix the comment) compared to in the rebase
> compared to v7, should I invalidate your tags this time?

No (with me now understanding that the statement in the 0/6 changelog
simply was wrong).

Jan



 


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