Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] arm64: dts: hi3798cv200: fix GICR size, add cache info, maintenance irq and GICH, GICV spaces

[Yang Xiwen]

On 3/12/2024 7:33 PM, Wei Xu wrote:
> Hi Yang,
>
> On 2024/3/12 19:19, Yang Xiwen wrote:
> > On 2/19/2024 11:05 PM, Yang Xiwen via B4 Relay wrote:
> > > The patchset fixes some warnings reported by the kernel during boot.
> > >
> > > The cache size info is from Processor_Datasheet_v2XX.pdf [1], Section
> > > 2.2.1 Master Processor.
> > >
> > > The cache line size and the set-associative info are from Cortex-A53
> > > Documentation [2].
> > >
> > >   From the doc, it can be concluded that L1 i-cache is 4-way assoc, L1
> > > d-cache is 2-way assoc and L2 cache is 16-way assoc. Calculate the dts
> > > props accordingly.
> > >
> > > Also, to use KVM's VGIC code, GICH, GICV registers spaces and maintenance
> > > IRQ are added to the dts with verification.
> > >
> > > [1]: https://github.com/96boards/documentation/blob/master/enterprise/poplar/hardware-docs/Processor_Datasheet_v2XX.pdf
> > > [2]: https://developer.arm.com/documentation/ddi0500/j/Level-1-Memory-System
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Yang Xiwen <forbidden405@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > Changes in v3:
> > > - send patches to stable (Andrew Lunn)
> > > - rewrite the commit logs more formally (Andrew Lunn)
> > > - rename l2-cache0 to l2-cache (Krzysztof Kozlowski)
> > > - Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240218-cache-v2-0-1fd919e2bd3e@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > >
> > > Changes in v2:
> > > - arm64: dts: hi3798cv200: add GICH, GICV register spces and
> > >     maintainance IRQ.
> > > - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240218-cache-v1-0-2c0a8a4472e7@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > >
> > > ---
> > > Yang Xiwen (3):
> > >         arm64: dts: hi3798cv200: fix the size of GICR
> > >         arm64: dts: hi3798cv200: add GICH, GICV register space and irq
> > >         arm64: dts: hi3798cv200: add cache info
> > >
> > >    arch/arm64/boot/dts/hisilicon/hi3798cv200.dtsi | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> > >    1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > ---
> > > base-commit: 8d3dea210042f54b952b481838c1e7dfc4ec751d
> > > change-id: 20240218-cache-11c8bf7566c2
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > May someone apply this patchset to their tree so that it can land in stable at the end? This is a fix, not adding new functionalities. It's been 2 weeks already.
> Sorry for the delay, I am too busy to catch up with this cycle.
> I will go through this patch set and maybe apply it during the next cycle.


No problem. I'm just a bit worried if this patch is getting lost. It's 
good to know it's still maintained. Because i've seen some maintainers 
not reviewing any patches for over 1 year already, with their names and 
emails still in MAINTAINERS.


By the way, I think fixes and new features are in different cycles? Most 
maintainers seem to have multiple branches to handle this.


> Best Regards,
> Wei


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Regards,
Yang Xiwen