Date:   Mon, 30 Jan 2023 13:04:03 +0100 (CET)
From:   Michael Petlan <mpetlan@redhat.com>
To:     "Liang, Kan" <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
cc:     peterz@infradead.org, mingo@redhat.com,
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, steve.wahl@hpe.com,
        alexander.antonov@linux.intel.com, ak@linux.intel.com,
        eranian@google.com, namhyung@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND 0/5] Fix UPI uncore issue on SPR
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Hello all,

gentle ping #2... How does it look with the patchset acceptance?
Is everything OK? Does it need any additional testing/etc.?
When could the patches be expected to land in Linus' tree? Is it
within v6.2 scope?

Thank you.
Michael

On Thu, 19 Jan 2023, Liang, Kan wrote:
> Hi Peter & Ingo,
> 
> Gentle Ping. Please let me know if you have any comments on the patch set.
> 
> Thanks
> Kan
> 
> On 2023-01-12 3:01 p.m., kan.liang@linux.intel.com wrote:
> > From: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
> > 
> > The discovery table of UPI on SPR MCC is broken. The patch series is
> > to mitigate the issue by providing a hardcode pre-defined table.
> > 
> > The broken discovery table can trigger a kernel warning message, which
> > is overkilled. The patch series also refine the error handling code.
> > 
> > Kan Liang (5):
> >   perf/x86/uncore: Factor out uncore_device_to_die()
> >   perf/x86/uncore: Fix potential NULL pointer in uncore_get_alias_name
> >   perf/x86/uncore: Ignore broken units in discovery table
> >   perf/x86/uncore: Add a quirk for UPI on SPR
> >   perf/x86/uncore: Don't WARN_ON_ONCE() for a broken discovery table
> > 
> >  arch/x86/events/intel/uncore.c           |  34 ++++-
> >  arch/x86/events/intel/uncore.h           |   4 +
> >  arch/x86/events/intel/uncore_discovery.c |  60 ++++++---
> >  arch/x86/events/intel/uncore_discovery.h |  14 +-
> >  arch/x86/events/intel/uncore_snbep.c     | 158 ++++++++++++++++++-----
> >  5 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 60 deletions(-)
> > 
> 
>