Subject: [PATCH] edac: rewrite the sysfs code to use struct device

>From c0d119126e1b6daf9fe71614971233ffc90a873a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:41:11 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] edac: rewrite the sysfs code to use struct device
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> The EDAC subsystem uses the old struct sysdev approach,
> creating all nodes using the raw sysfs API. This is bad,
> as the API is deprecated.
>
> As we'll be changing the EDAC API, let's first port the existing
> code to struct device.
>
> There's one drawback on this patch: driver-specific sysfs
> nodes, used by mpc85xx_edac, amd64_edac and i7core_edac
> won't be created anymore. While it would be possible to
> also port the device-specific code, that would mix kobj with
> struct device, with is not recommended. Also, it is easier and nicer
> to move the code to the drivers, instead, as the core can get rid
> of some complex logic that just emulates what the device_add()
> and device_create_file() already does.
>
> The next patches will convert the driver-specific code to use
> the device-specific calls. Then, the remaining bits of the old
> sysfs API will be removed.
>
> NOTE: a per-MC bus is required, otherwise devices with more than
> one memory controller will hit a bug like the one below:
>
> [ 819.094946] EDAC DEBUG: find_mci_by_dev: find_mci_by_dev()
> [ 819.094948] EDAC DEBUG: edac_create_sysfs_mci_device: edac_create_sysfs_mci_device() idx=1
> [ 819.094952] EDAC DEBUG: edac_create_sysfs_mci_device: edac_create_sysfs_mci_device(): creating device mc1
> [ 819.094967] EDAC DEBUG: edac_create_sysfs_mci_device: edac_create_sysfs_mci_device creating dimm0, located at channel 0 slot 0
> [ 819.094984] ------------[ cut here ]------------
> [ 819.100142] WARNING: at fs/sysfs/dir.c:481 sysfs_add_one+0xc1/0xf0()
> [ 819.107282] Hardware name: S2600CP
> [ 819.111078] sysfs: cannot create duplicate filename '/bus/edac/devices/dimm0'
> [ 819.119062] Modules linked in: sb_edac(+) edac_core ip6table_filter ip6_tables ebtable_nat ebtables ipt_MASQUERADE iptable_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 xt_state nf_conntrack ipt_REJECT xt_CHECKSUM iptable_mangle iptable_filter ip_tables bridge stp llc sunrpc binfmt_misc dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log vhost_net macvtap macvlan tun kvm microcode pcspkr iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support igb i2c_i801 i2c_core sg ioatdma dca sr_mod cdrom sd_mod crc_t10dif ahci libahci isci libsas libata scsi_transport_sas scsi_mod wmi dm_mod [last unloaded: scsi_wait_scan]
> [ 819.175748] Pid: 10902, comm: modprobe Not tainted 3.3.0-0.11.el7.v12.2.x86_64 #1
> [ 819.184113] Call Trace:
> [ 819.186868] [<ffffffff8105adaf>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7f/0xc0
> [ 819.193573] [<ffffffff8105aea6>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x46/0x50
> [ 819.200000] [<ffffffff811f53d1>] sysfs_add_one+0xc1/0xf0
> [ 819.206025] [<ffffffff811f5cf5>] sysfs_do_create_link+0x135/0x220
> [ 819.212944] [<ffffffff811f7023>] ? sysfs_create_group+0x13/0x20
> [ 819.219656] [<ffffffff811f5df3>] sysfs_create_link+0x13/0x20
> [ 819.226109] [<ffffffff813b04f6>] bus_add_device+0xe6/0x1b0
> [ 819.232350] [<ffffffff813ae7cb>] device_add+0x2db/0x460
> [ 819.238300] [<ffffffffa0325634>] edac_create_dimm_object+0x84/0xf0 [edac_core]
> [ 819.246460] [<ffffffffa0325e18>] edac_create_sysfs_mci_device+0xe8/0x290 [edac_core]
> [ 819.255215] [<ffffffffa0322e2a>] edac_mc_add_mc+0x5a/0x2c0 [edac_core]
> [ 819.262611] [<ffffffffa03412df>] sbridge_register_mci+0x1bc/0x279 [sb_edac]
> [ 819.270493] [<ffffffffa03417a3>] sbridge_probe+0xef/0x175 [sb_edac]
> [ 819.277630] [<ffffffff813ba4e8>] ? pm_runtime_enable+0x58/0x90
> [ 819.284268] [<ffffffff812f430c>] local_pci_probe+0x5c/0xd0
> [ 819.290508] [<ffffffff812f5ba1>] __pci_device_probe+0xf1/0x100
> [ 819.297117] [<ffffffff812f5bea>] pci_device_probe+0x3a/0x60
> [ 819.303457] [<ffffffff813b1003>] really_probe+0x73/0x270
> [ 819.309496] [<ffffffff813b138e>] driver_probe_device+0x4e/0xb0
> [ 819.316104] [<ffffffff813b149b>] __driver_attach+0xab/0xb0
> [ 819.322337] [<ffffffff813b13f0>] ? driver_probe_device+0xb0/0xb0
> [ 819.329151] [<ffffffff813af5d6>] bus_for_each_dev+0x56/0x90
> [ 819.335489] [<ffffffff813b0d7e>] driver_attach+0x1e/0x20
> [ 819.341534] [<ffffffff813b0980>] bus_add_driver+0x1b0/0x2a0
> [ 819.347884] [<ffffffffa0347000>] ? 0xffffffffa0346fff
> [ 819.353641] [<ffffffff813b19f6>] driver_register+0x76/0x140
> [ 819.359980] [<ffffffff8159f18b>] ? printk+0x51/0x53
> [ 819.365524] [<ffffffffa0347000>] ? 0xffffffffa0346fff
> [ 819.371291] [<ffffffff812f5896>] __pci_register_driver+0x56/0xd0
> [ 819.378096] [<ffffffffa0347054>] sbridge_init+0x54/0x1000 [sb_edac]
> [ 819.385231] [<ffffffff8100203f>] do_one_initcall+0x3f/0x170
> [ 819.391577] [<ffffffff810bcd2e>] sys_init_module+0xbe/0x230
> [ 819.397926] [<ffffffff815bb529>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
> [ 819.404633] ---[ end trace 1654fdd39556689f ]---
>
> This happens because the bus is not being properly initialized.
> Instead of putting the memory sub-devices inside the memory controller,
> it is putting everything under the same directory:
>
> $ tree /sys/bus/edac/
> /sys/bus/edac/
> ├── devices
> │ ├── all_channel_counts -> ../../../devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/all_channel_counts
> │ ├── csrow0 -> ../../../devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/csrow0
> │ ├── csrow1 -> ../../../devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/csrow1
> │ ├── csrow2 -> ../../../devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/csrow2
> │ ├── dimm0 -> ../../../devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/dimm0
> │ ├── dimm1 -> ../../../devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/dimm1
> │ ├── dimm3 -> ../../../devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/dimm3
> │ ├── dimm6 -> ../../../devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/dimm6
> │ ├── inject_addrmatch -> ../../../devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/inject_addrmatch
> │ ├── mc -> ../../../devices/system/edac/mc
> │ └── mc0 -> ../../../devices/system/edac/mc/mc0
> ├── drivers
> ├── drivers_autoprobe
> ├── drivers_probe
> └── uevent

tree's output is utf8 and could cause problems like below when conversion fails:

$ tree /sys/bus/edac/
/sys/bus/edac/
�<94><9C>�<94><80>�<94><80> devices
�<94><82> �<94><9C>�<94><80>�<94><80> all_channel_counts -> ../../../devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/all_channel_counts
�<94><82> �<94><9C>�<94><80>�<94><80> csrow0 -> ../../../devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/csrow0
�<94><82> �<94><9C>�<94><80>�<94><80> csrow1 -> ../../../devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/csrow1
�<94><82> �<94><9C>�<94><80>�<94><80> csrow2 -> ../../../devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/csrow2
�<94><82> �<94><9C>�<94><80>�<94><80> dimm0 -> ../../../devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/dimm0
�<94><82> �<94><9C>�<94><80>�<94><80> dimm1 -> ../../../devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/dimm1
�<94><82> �<94><9C>�<94><80>�<94><80> dimm3 -> ../../../devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/dimm3
�<94><82> �<94><9C>�<94><80>�<94><80> dimm6 -> ../../../devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/dimm6
�<94><82> �<94><9C>�<94><80>�<94><80> inject_addrmatch -> ../../../devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/inject_addrmatch
�<94><82> �<94><9C>�<94><80>�<94><80> mc -> ../../../devices/system/edac/mc
�<94><82> �<94><94>�<94><80>�<94><80> mc0 -> ../../../devices/system/edac/mc/mc0
�<94><9C>�<94><80>�<94><80> drivers
�<94><9C>�<94><80>�<94><80> drivers_autoprobe
�<94><9C>�<94><80>�<94><80> drivers_probe
�<94><94>�<94><80>�<94><80> uevent

This is after I've cherry-picked that patch.

What you could do is convert the output to ascii like that:

http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=133907329021320

> On a multi-memory controller system, the names "csrow%d" and "dimm%d"
> should be under "mc%d", and not at the main hierarchy level.
>
> So, we need to create a per-MC bus, in order to have its own namespace.
>
> Reviewed-by: Aristeu Rozanski <[email protected]>
> Cc: Doug Thompson <[email protected]>
> Cc: Greg K H <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <[email protected]>

Hrrm,

this patch doesn't build here, ontop of 3.5-rc1, config attached.

In file included from arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c:23:0:
include/linux/edac.h:452:16: error: field ‘dev’ has incomplete type
include/linux/edac.h:488:16: error: field ‘dev’ has incomplete type
include/linux/edac.h:498:16: error: field ‘dev’ has incomplete type
include/linux/edac.h:553:18: error: field ‘dev’ has incomplete type
include/linux/edac.h:554:20: error: field ‘bus’ has incomplete type
make[2]: *** [arch/x86/kernel/nmi.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [arch/x86/kernel] Error 2
make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
In file included from drivers/edac/edac_stub.c:16:0:
include/linux/edac.h:452:16: error: field ‘dev’ has incomplete type
include/linux/edac.h:488:16: error: field ‘dev’ has incomplete type
include/linux/edac.h:498:16: error: field ‘dev’ has incomplete type
include/linux/edac.h:553:18: error: field ‘dev’ has incomplete type
include/linux/edac.h:554:20: error: field ‘bus’ has incomplete type
make[2]: *** [drivers/edac/edac_stub.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [drivers/edac] Error 2
make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make: *** [arch/x86] Error 2
make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....

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2012-06-11 16:23:15

by Mauro Carvalho Chehab

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] edac: rewrite the sysfs code to use struct device

Em 08-06-2012 09:52, Borislav Petkov escreveu:
> From c0d119126e1b6daf9fe71614971233ffc90a873a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <[email protected]>
> Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:41:11 -0300
> Subject: [PATCH] edac: rewrite the sysfs code to use struct device
> MIME-Version: 1.0
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
>

<skip/>

[will check the UTF-8 issue later]

>
> Hrrm,
>
> this patch doesn't build here, ontop of 3.5-rc1, config attached.
>
> In file included from arch/x86/kernel/nmi.c:23:0:
> include/linux/edac.h:452:16: error: field ?dev? has incomplete type
> include/linux/edac.h:488:16: error: field ?dev? has incomplete type
> include/linux/edac.h:498:16: error: field ?dev? has incomplete type
> include/linux/edac.h:553:18: error: field ?dev? has incomplete type
> include/linux/edac.h:554:20: error: field ?bus? has incomplete type
> make[2]: *** [arch/x86/kernel/nmi.o] Error 1
> make[1]: *** [arch/x86/kernel] Error 2
> make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
> In file included from drivers/edac/edac_stub.c:16:0:
> include/linux/edac.h:452:16: error: field ?dev? has incomplete type
> include/linux/edac.h:488:16: error: field ?dev? has incomplete type
> include/linux/edac.h:498:16: error: field ?dev? has incomplete type
> include/linux/edac.h:553:18: error: field ?dev? has incomplete type
> include/linux/edac.h:554:20: error: field ?bus? has incomplete type
> make[2]: *** [drivers/edac/edac_stub.o] Error 1
> make[1]: *** [drivers/edac] Error 2
> make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
> make: *** [arch/x86] Error 2
> make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
>

I'll fold the enclosed patch. It should fix this issue.

diff --git a/include/linux/edac.h b/include/linux/edac.h
index aeaafd0..a2b0b6f 100644
--- a/include/linux/edac.h
+++ b/include/linux/edac.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
#define _LINUX_EDAC_H_

#include <linux/atomic.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
#include <linux/kobject.h>
#include <linux/completion.h>
#include <linux/workqueue.h>

2012-06-11 18:10:31

by Mauro Carvalho Chehab

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] edac: rewrite the sysfs code to use struct device

Em 08-06-2012 09:52, Borislav Petkov escreveu:
> From c0d119126e1b6daf9fe71614971233ffc90a873a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <[email protected]>
> Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:41:11 -0300
> Subject: [PATCH] edac: rewrite the sysfs code to use struct device
> MIME-Version: 1.0
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
>
>> The EDAC subsystem uses the old struct sysdev approach,
>> creating all nodes using the raw sysfs API. This is bad,
>> as the API is deprecated.
>>
>> As we'll be changing the EDAC API, let's first port the existing
>> code to struct device.
>>
>> There's one drawback on this patch: driver-specific sysfs
>> nodes, used by mpc85xx_edac, amd64_edac and i7core_edac
>> won't be created anymore. While it would be possible to
>> also port the device-specific code, that would mix kobj with
>> struct device, with is not recommended. Also, it is easier and nicer
>> to move the code to the drivers, instead, as the core can get rid
>> of some complex logic that just emulates what the device_add()
>> and device_create_file() already does.
>>
>> The next patches will convert the driver-specific code to use
>> the device-specific calls. Then, the remaining bits of the old
>> sysfs API will be removed.
>>
>> NOTE: a per-MC bus is required, otherwise devices with more than
>> one memory controller will hit a bug like the one below:
>>
>> [ 819.094946] EDAC DEBUG: find_mci_by_dev: find_mci_by_dev()
>> [ 819.094948] EDAC DEBUG: edac_create_sysfs_mci_device: edac_create_sysfs_mci_device() idx=1
>> [ 819.094952] EDAC DEBUG: edac_create_sysfs_mci_device: edac_create_sysfs_mci_device(): creating device mc1
>> [ 819.094967] EDAC DEBUG: edac_create_sysfs_mci_device: edac_create_sysfs_mci_device creating dimm0, located at channel 0 slot 0
>> [ 819.094984] ------------[ cut here ]------------
>> [ 819.100142] WARNING: at fs/sysfs/dir.c:481 sysfs_add_one+0xc1/0xf0()
>> [ 819.107282] Hardware name: S2600CP
>> [ 819.111078] sysfs: cannot create duplicate filename '/bus/edac/devices/dimm0'
>> [ 819.119062] Modules linked in: sb_edac(+) edac_core ip6table_filter ip6_tables ebtable_nat ebtables ipt_MASQUERADE iptable_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 xt_state nf_conntrack ipt_REJECT xt_CHECKSUM iptable_mangle iptable_filter ip_tables bridge stp llc sunrpc binfmt_misc dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log vhost_net macvtap macvlan tun kvm microcode pcspkr iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support igb i2c_i801 i2c_core sg ioatdma dca sr_mod cdrom sd_mod crc_t10dif ahci libahci isci libsas libata scsi_transport_sas scsi_mod wmi dm_mod [last unloaded: scsi_wait_scan]
>> [ 819.175748] Pid: 10902, comm: modprobe Not tainted 3.3.0-0.11.el7.v12.2.x86_64 #1
>> [ 819.184113] Call Trace:
>> [ 819.186868] [<ffffffff8105adaf>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7f/0xc0
>> [ 819.193573] [<ffffffff8105aea6>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x46/0x50
>> [ 819.200000] [<ffffffff811f53d1>] sysfs_add_one+0xc1/0xf0
>> [ 819.206025] [<ffffffff811f5cf5>] sysfs_do_create_link+0x135/0x220
>> [ 819.212944] [<ffffffff811f7023>] ? sysfs_create_group+0x13/0x20
>> [ 819.219656] [<ffffffff811f5df3>] sysfs_create_link+0x13/0x20
>> [ 819.226109] [<ffffffff813b04f6>] bus_add_device+0xe6/0x1b0
>> [ 819.232350] [<ffffffff813ae7cb>] device_add+0x2db/0x460
>> [ 819.238300] [<ffffffffa0325634>] edac_create_dimm_object+0x84/0xf0 [edac_core]
>> [ 819.246460] [<ffffffffa0325e18>] edac_create_sysfs_mci_device+0xe8/0x290 [edac_core]
>> [ 819.255215] [<ffffffffa0322e2a>] edac_mc_add_mc+0x5a/0x2c0 [edac_core]
>> [ 819.262611] [<ffffffffa03412df>] sbridge_register_mci+0x1bc/0x279 [sb_edac]
>> [ 819.270493] [<ffffffffa03417a3>] sbridge_probe+0xef/0x175 [sb_edac]
>> [ 819.277630] [<ffffffff813ba4e8>] ? pm_runtime_enable+0x58/0x90
>> [ 819.284268] [<ffffffff812f430c>] local_pci_probe+0x5c/0xd0
>> [ 819.290508] [<ffffffff812f5ba1>] __pci_device_probe+0xf1/0x100
>> [ 819.297117] [<ffffffff812f5bea>] pci_device_probe+0x3a/0x60
>> [ 819.303457] [<ffffffff813b1003>] really_probe+0x73/0x270
>> [ 819.309496] [<ffffffff813b138e>] driver_probe_device+0x4e/0xb0
>> [ 819.316104] [<ffffffff813b149b>] __driver_attach+0xab/0xb0
>> [ 819.322337] [<ffffffff813b13f0>] ? driver_probe_device+0xb0/0xb0
>> [ 819.329151] [<ffffffff813af5d6>] bus_for_each_dev+0x56/0x90
>> [ 819.335489] [<ffffffff813b0d7e>] driver_attach+0x1e/0x20
>> [ 819.341534] [<ffffffff813b0980>] bus_add_driver+0x1b0/0x2a0
>> [ 819.347884] [<ffffffffa0347000>] ? 0xffffffffa0346fff
>> [ 819.353641] [<ffffffff813b19f6>] driver_register+0x76/0x140
>> [ 819.359980] [<ffffffff8159f18b>] ? printk+0x51/0x53
>> [ 819.365524] [<ffffffffa0347000>] ? 0xffffffffa0346fff
>> [ 819.371291] [<ffffffff812f5896>] __pci_register_driver+0x56/0xd0
>> [ 819.378096] [<ffffffffa0347054>] sbridge_init+0x54/0x1000 [sb_edac]
>> [ 819.385231] [<ffffffff8100203f>] do_one_initcall+0x3f/0x170
>> [ 819.391577] [<ffffffff810bcd2e>] sys_init_module+0xbe/0x230
>> [ 819.397926] [<ffffffff815bb529>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
>> [ 819.404633] ---[ end trace 1654fdd39556689f ]---
>>
>> This happens because the bus is not being properly initialized.
>> Instead of putting the memory sub-devices inside the memory controller,
>> it is putting everything under the same directory:
>>
>> $ tree /sys/bus/edac/
>> /sys/bus/edac/
>> ├── devices
>> │ ├── all_channel_counts -> ../../../devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/all_channel_counts
>> │ ├── csrow0 -> ../../../devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/csrow0
>> │ ├── csrow1 -> ../../../devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/csrow1
>> │ ├── csrow2 -> ../../../devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/csrow2
>> │ ├── dimm0 -> ../../../devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/dimm0
>> │ ├── dimm1 -> ../../../devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/dimm1
>> │ ├── dimm3 -> ../../../devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/dimm3
>> │ ├── dimm6 -> ../../../devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/dimm6
>> │ ├── inject_addrmatch -> ../../../devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/inject_addrmatch
>> │ ├── mc -> ../../../devices/system/edac/mc
>> │ └── mc0 -> ../../../devices/system/edac/mc/mc0
>> ├── drivers
>> ├── drivers_autoprobe
>> ├── drivers_probe
>> └── uevent
>
> tree's output is utf8 and could cause problems like below when conversion fails:
>
> $ tree /sys/bus/edac/
> /sys/bus/edac/
> �<94><9C>�<94><80>�<94><80> devices
> �<94><82> �<94><9C>�<94><80>�<94><80> all_channel_counts -> ../../../devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/all_channel_counts
> �<94><82> �<94><9C>�<94><80>�<94><80> csrow0 -> ../../../devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/csrow0
> �<94><82> �<94><9C>�<94><80>�<94><80> csrow1 -> ../../../devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/csrow1
> �<94><82> �<94><9C>�<94><80>�<94><80> csrow2 -> ../../../devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/csrow2
> �<94><82> �<94><9C>�<94><80>�<94><80> dimm0 -> ../../../devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/dimm0
> �<94><82> �<94><9C>�<94><80>�<94><80> dimm1 -> ../../../devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/dimm1
> �<94><82> �<94><9C>�<94><80>�<94><80> dimm3 -> ../../../devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/dimm3
> �<94><82> �<94><9C>�<94><80>�<94><80> dimm6 -> ../../../devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/dimm6
> �<94><82> �<94><9C>�<94><80>�<94><80> inject_addrmatch -> ../../../devices/system/edac/mc/mc0/inject_addrmatch
> �<94><82> �<94><9C>�<94><80>�<94><80> mc -> ../../../devices/system/edac/mc
> �<94><82> �<94><94>�<94><80>�<94><80> mc0 -> ../../../devices/system/edac/mc/mc0
> �<94><9C>�<94><80>�<94><80> drivers
> �<94><9C>�<94><80>�<94><80> drivers_autoprobe
> �<94><9C>�<94><80>�<94><80> drivers_probe
> �<94><94>�<94><80>�<94><80> uevent
>
> This is after I've cherry-picked that patch.
>
> What you could do is convert the output to ascii like that:
>
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=133907329021320

It took me some time to understand that you're referring to the coments inside
the patch, and not to the patch itself.

Please see:
Documentation/unicode.txt

UTF-8 is the official charset of the Kernel. There are _several_ comments using
UTF-8 charset, as otherwise people with accents on their names wouldn't be able
to contribute to the Kernel and properly preserving their own names.

Regards,
Mauro