Re: [PATCH v2 0/9] Fixes and Enablement of ibm,drc-info property

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Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On Sun, Nov 10, 2019 at 11:21:27PM -0600, Tyrel Datwyler wrote:
>> There was a previous effort to add support for the PAPR
>> architected ibm,drc-info property. This property provides a more
>> memory compact representation of a parition's Dynamic Reconfig
>> Connectors (DRC). These can otherwise be thought of as currently
>> partitioned, or available but yet to be partitioned system resources
>> such as cpus, memory, and physical/logical IOA devices.
>> 
>> The initial implementation proved buggy and was fully turned off by
>> disabling the bit in the appropriate CAS support vector. We now have
>> PowerVM firmware in the field that supports this new property, and
>> further to support partitions with 24TB+ of possible memory this
>> property is required to perform platform migration.
>> 
>> This series fixs the short comings of the previous submission
>> in the areas of general implementation, cpu hotplug, and IOA hotplug.
>> 
>> v2 changelog:
>> 	Cover Letter: fixed up spelling errors (mpe, tfalcon)
>> 	Patch 3: added comment regarding indexing of drc values (tfalcon)
>> 		 split drc-index and drc-info logic into multiple
>> 		 functions for collecting cpu drc's for dlpar (mpe)
>> 	Patch 7: fix up a couple more sparse warnings (mpe)
>> 
>> Tyrel Datwyler (9):
>>   powerpc/pseries: Fix bad drc_index_start value parsing of drc-info
>>     entry
>>   powerpc/pseries: Fix drc-info mappings of logical cpus to drc-index
>>   powerpc/pseries: Add cpu DLPAR support for drc-info property
>>   PCI: rpaphp: Fix up pointer to first drc-info entry
>>   PCI: rpaphp: Don't rely on firmware feature to imply drc-info support
>>   PCI: rpaphp: Add drc-info support for hotplug slot registration
>>   PCI: rpaphp: Annotate and correctly byte swap DRC properties
>>   PCI: rpaphp: Correctly match ibm,my-drc-index to drc-name when using
>>     drc-info
>>   powerpc/pseries: Enable support for ibm,drc-info property
>> 
>>  arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c                 |   2 +-
>>  arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-cpu.c    | 127 +++++++++++++++++++++---
>>  arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/of_helpers.c     |   8 +-
>>  arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/pseries_energy.c |  23 ++---
>>  drivers/pci/hotplug/rpaphp_core.c               | 127 +++++++++++++++++-------
>
> For the drivers/pci/* parts:
>
> Acked-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx>

I added it to the PCI touching patches.

> I assume they will be merged along with the rest of the series via
> powerpc.

Yep. Thanks for the review.

cheers



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