RE: [PATCH v1 0/2] Fix the wrong order of phy callbacks

[Hongxing Zhu]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lorenzo Pieralisi <lpieralisi@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: 2022年9月27日 18:41
> To: Hongxing Zhu <hongxing.zhu@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@xxxxxxxxxx>; Ahmad Fatoum
> <a.fatoum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; l.stach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx;
> lorenzo.pieralisi@xxxxxxx; vkoul@xxxxxxxxxx; Marcel Ziswiler
> <marcel.ziswiler@xxxxxxxxxxx>; kishon@xxxxxx; linux-pci@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; dl-linux-imx <linux-imx@xxxxxxx>;
> kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-phy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 0/2] Fix the wrong order of phy callbacks
> 
> On Wed, Aug 31, 2022 at 01:37:02AM +0000, Hongxing Zhu wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: 2022年8月30日 23:06
> > > To: Hongxing Zhu <hongxing.zhu@xxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; l.stach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> > > bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx; lorenzo.pieralisi@xxxxxxx; vkoul@xxxxxxxxxx;
> > > Marcel Ziswiler <marcel.ziswiler@xxxxxxxxxxx>; kishon@xxxxxx;
> > > linux-pci@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> > > dl-linux-imx <linux-imx@xxxxxxx>; kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> > > linux-phy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 0/2] Fix the wrong order of phy callbacks
> > >
> > > On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 07:50:55AM +0000, Hongxing Zhu wrote:
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > Sent: 2022年8月30日 15:16
> > > > > To: Hongxing Zhu <hongxing.zhu@xxxxxxx>; l.stach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> > > > > bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx; lorenzo.pieralisi@xxxxxxx;
> > > > > vkoul@xxxxxxxxxx; Marcel Ziswiler <marcel.ziswiler@xxxxxxxxxxx>;
> > > > > kishon@xxxxxx
> > > > > Cc: linux-pci@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> > > > > dl-linux-imx <linux-imx@xxxxxxx>; kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> > > > > linux-phy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> > > > > linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 0/2] Fix the wrong order of phy callbacks
> > >
> > > The above quoting style makes it harder than necessary to follow
> conversation.
> > > See hints at:
> > >
> > >
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> > > The ideal thing would be something like this, where there's a single
> > > line for each sender:
> > >
> > > On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 07:50:55AM +0000, Hongxing Zhu wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Aug 30, 2022, at 03:16PM, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> > > > > On 30.08.22 05:47, Hongxing Zhu wrote:
> > > > > > Do you mean to squash this fix to the preview series?
> > > > > > I'm afraid that it's not easy to do that.
> > > > > > Because there are a lot of pci-imx6 code changes after
> > > > > > commit: 1aa97b002258 ("phy: freescale: pcie: Initialize the
> > > > > > imx8 pcie standalone phy driver").
> > > > >
> > > > > The way I understand it, if a bisect ends up between your two
> > > > > patches, i.MX8M PCIe will be broken, whereas it worked before. I
> > > > > thus wonder if we shouldn't instead squash this series here into
> > > > > a single patch.
> > > >
> > > > Yes, it's a possible case when do the bisect.
> > > > Since these changes are belong to different git repo.
> > >
> > > I don't understand the point about different git repos.  Patch 1/2
> > > touches drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-imx6.c, patch 2/2 touches
> > > drivers/phy/freescale/phy-fsl-imx8m-pcie.c.  They're in different
> > > directories, of course, but are in the same Linux kernel source repo.
> > >
> > > They're maintained by different people, but we can easily deal with
> > > that by getting an ack from one and merging via the other.
> > >
> > > > It will bring maintain difficulties if these two patches are
> > > > squashed into a  single one.
> > > > It's difficult to make a choice.
> > >
> > > What maintenance difficulty do you see here?  I think it looks
> > > *easier* if these are squashed -- that would avoid the possibility
> > > of backporting one without the other, which would certainly be a problem.
> > >
> > > If a bisect lands after patch 1/2 but before 2/2, it looks like
> > > i.MX8M will break unnecessarily.
> > >
> > > I think Ahmad is right that patches 1/2 and 2/2 should be squashed
> > > into a single patch to avoid this bisection hole.
> > Hi Bjorn:
> > Thanks for your comments.
> > My descriptions are not accurate enough. These two files are
> > maintained by  different people, I'm afraid to bring troubles to the
> > maintainers if I squash these two patch into a single one before.
> > Now, I understood the situation.
> > I'm glad to squash them to avoid the bisetion hole.
> 
> Are you sending an updated patch ?
> 
Hi Lorenzo:
The v3 patch had been sent.
Here it is.
https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-pci/patch/1662344583-18874-1-git-send-email-hongxing.zhu@xxxxxxx/
Thanks.
Best Regards
Richard Zhu

> Thanks,
> Lorenzo