Re: Autoselect patches for stable (Was: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL for 4.9 36/56] drm/i915: Fix the level 0 max_wm hack on VLV/CHV)

2017-11-23 Thread alexander . levin
On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 05:55:29PM +, Emil Velikov wrote: >On 21 November 2017 at 15:07, wrote: >> On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 11:21:52AM +, Emil Velikov wrote: >>> - Document the autoselect process >>>Information about about What, Why, and [ideally] How -

Re: Autoselect patches for stable (Was: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL for 4.9 36/56] drm/i915: Fix the level 0 max_wm hack on VLV/CHV)

2017-11-22 Thread Josh Boyer
On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 10:07 AM, wrote: > On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 11:21:52AM +, Emil Velikov wrote: >> - Document the autoselect process >>Information about about What, Why, and [ideally] How - analogous to >>the normal stable nominations. >>Insert reference to

Re: Autoselect patches for stable (Was: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL for 4.9 36/56] drm/i915: Fix the level 0 max_wm hack on VLV/CHV)

2017-11-22 Thread alexander . levin
On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 12:09:33PM -0500, Josh Boyer wrote: >The root of the concern seems to be around how the stable process >currently works and how auto-selection plays into that. When Greg >sends out the RC, the default model of "if nobody objects, this patch >will get included in the next

Re: Autoselect patches for stable (Was: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL for 4.9 36/56] drm/i915: Fix the level 0 max_wm hack on VLV/CHV)

2017-11-21 Thread Emil Velikov
On 21 November 2017 at 15:07, wrote: > On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 11:21:52AM +, Emil Velikov wrote: >> - Document the autoselect process >>Information about about What, Why, and [ideally] How - analogous to >>the normal stable nominations. >>Insert reference to the

Re: Autoselect patches for stable (Was: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL for 4.9 36/56] drm/i915: Fix the level 0 max_wm hack on VLV/CHV)

2017-11-21 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 12:09:33PM -0500, Josh Boyer wrote: > On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 10:07 AM, wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 11:21:52AM +, Emil Velikov wrote: > >> - Document the autoselect process > >>Information about about What, Why, and [ideally] How -

Re: Autoselect patches for stable (Was: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL for 4.9 36/56] drm/i915: Fix the level 0 max_wm hack on VLV/CHV)

2017-11-21 Thread alexander . levin
On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 11:21:52AM +, Emil Velikov wrote: > - Document the autoselect process >Information about about What, Why, and [ideally] How - analogous to >the normal stable nominations. >Insert reference to the process in the patch notification email. I agree with this one, and it'll

Re: [Intel-gfx] Autoselect patches for stable (Was: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL for 4.9 36/56] drm/i915: Fix the level 0 max_wm hack on VLV/CHV)

2017-11-21 Thread Daniel Vetter
On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 07:39:51AM +1000, Dave Airlie wrote: > On 20 November 2017 at 23:13, Daniel Vetter wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 01:39:31PM +0100, Daniel Vetter wrote: > >> On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 11:21:52AM +, Emil Velikov wrote: > >> > Hi all, > >> > > >> >

Re: Autoselect patches for stable (Was: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL for 4.9 36/56] drm/i915: Fix the level 0 max_wm hack on VLV/CHV)

2017-11-21 Thread Daniel Vetter
On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 08:58:51AM +0100, Greg KH wrote: > On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 01:39:31PM +0100, Daniel Vetter wrote: > > Of course our CI is open, so if someone is supremely bored and wants to > > backport more stuff for drm/i915, they could do that. But atm it doesn't > > happen, and then

Re: Autoselect patches for stable (Was: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL for 4.9 36/56] drm/i915: Fix the level 0 max_wm hack on VLV/CHV)

2017-11-20 Thread Greg KH
On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 01:39:31PM +0100, Daniel Vetter wrote: > Of course our CI is open, so if someone is supremely bored and wants to > backport more stuff for drm/i915, they could do that. But atm it doesn't > happen, and then having to deal with the fallout is not really great (like > I said,

Re: Autoselect patches for stable (Was: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL for 4.9 36/56] drm/i915: Fix the level 0 max_wm hack on VLV/CHV)

2017-11-20 Thread Dave Airlie
On 20 November 2017 at 23:13, Daniel Vetter wrote: > On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 01:39:31PM +0100, Daniel Vetter wrote: >> On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 11:21:52AM +, Emil Velikov wrote: >> > Hi all, >> > >> > Since I'm going slightly off-topic, I've tweaked the subject line and >> >

Re: Autoselect patches for stable (Was: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL for 4.9 36/56] drm/i915: Fix the level 0 max_wm hack on VLV/CHV)

2017-11-20 Thread Alex Deucher
On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 8:13 AM, Daniel Vetter wrote: > On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 01:39:31PM +0100, Daniel Vetter wrote: >> On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 11:21:52AM +, Emil Velikov wrote: >> > Hi all, >> > >> > Since I'm going slightly off-topic, I've tweaked the subject line and >>

Re: Autoselect patches for stable (Was: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL for 4.9 36/56] drm/i915: Fix the level 0 max_wm hack on VLV/CHV)

2017-11-20 Thread Daniel Vetter
On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 01:39:31PM +0100, Daniel Vetter wrote: > On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 11:21:52AM +, Emil Velikov wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Since I'm going slightly off-topic, I've tweaked the subject line and > > trimmed some of the conversation. > > I believe everyone in the CC list

Re: Autoselect patches for stable (Was: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL for 4.9 36/56] drm/i915: Fix the level 0 max_wm hack on VLV/CHV)

2017-11-20 Thread Daniel Vetter
On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 11:21:52AM +, Emil Velikov wrote: > Hi all, > > Since I'm going slightly off-topic, I've tweaked the subject line and > trimmed some of the conversation. > I believe everyone in the CC list might be interested in the > following, yet feel free to adjust. > > Above

Autoselect patches for stable (Was: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL for 4.9 36/56] drm/i915: Fix the level 0 max_wm hack on VLV/CHV)

2017-11-20 Thread Emil Velikov
Hi all, Since I'm going slightly off-topic, I've tweaked the subject line and trimmed some of the conversation. I believe everyone in the CC list might be interested in the following, yet feel free to adjust. Above all, I'd kindly ask everyone to skim through and draw their conclusions. If the

Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL for 4.9 36/56] drm/i915: Fix the level 0 max_wm hack on VLV/CHV

2017-11-20 Thread alexander . levin
On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 03:01:08PM +0200, Jani Nikula wrote: >I still have no idea how this autoselect picks up patches that do *not* >have cc: stable nor Fixes: from us. What information do you have that we >don't for making that call? I think there's a difference in views about the stable tag

Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH AUTOSEL for 4.9 36/56] drm/i915: Fix the level 0 max_wm hack on VLV/CHV

2017-11-17 Thread Greg KH
On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 01:13:27PM +, Emil Velikov wrote: > Hi Greg, all, > > Pardon for the silly question, but I'm struggling to find > documentation about this new 'autoselection' process? > Where can one read up on it - be that about the tooling or the heuristics > used? > > I think the

Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL for 4.9 36/56] drm/i915: Fix the level 0 max_wm hack on VLV/CHV

2017-11-17 Thread Greg KH
On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 03:01:08PM +0200, Jani Nikula wrote: > On Fri, 17 Nov 2017, Greg KH wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 01:28:05PM +0200, Jani Nikula wrote: > >> > >> Cc: Greg > >> > >> On Wed, 15 Nov 2017, Ville Syrjälä wrote:

Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH AUTOSEL for 4.9 36/56] drm/i915: Fix the level 0 max_wm hack on VLV/CHV

2017-11-17 Thread Emil Velikov
Hi Greg, all, Pardon for the silly question, but I'm struggling to find documentation about this new 'autoselection' process? Where can one read up on it - be that about the tooling or the heuristics used? I think the above may be the core reason behind the discussion here. Thanks Emil

Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL for 4.9 36/56] drm/i915: Fix the level 0 max_wm hack on VLV/CHV

2017-11-17 Thread Greg KH
On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 02:53:43PM +0200, Ville Syrjälä wrote: > On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 01:41:23PM +0100, Greg KH wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 01:28:05PM +0200, Jani Nikula wrote: > > > > > > Cc: Greg > > > > > > On Wed, 15 Nov 2017, Ville Syrjälä wrote: >

Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL for 4.9 36/56] drm/i915: Fix the level 0 max_wm hack on VLV/CHV

2017-11-17 Thread Jani Nikula
On Fri, 17 Nov 2017, Greg KH wrote: > On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 01:28:05PM +0200, Jani Nikula wrote: >> >> Cc: Greg >> >> On Wed, 15 Nov 2017, Ville Syrjälä wrote: >> > On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 04:44:54PM +,

Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL for 4.9 36/56] drm/i915: Fix the level 0 max_wm hack on VLV/CHV

2017-11-17 Thread Ville Syrjälä
On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 01:41:23PM +0100, Greg KH wrote: > On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 01:28:05PM +0200, Jani Nikula wrote: > > > > Cc: Greg > > > > On Wed, 15 Nov 2017, Ville Syrjälä wrote: > > > On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 04:44:54PM +, alexander.le...@verizon.com

Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL for 4.9 36/56] drm/i915: Fix the level 0 max_wm hack on VLV/CHV

2017-11-17 Thread Greg KH
On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 01:28:05PM +0200, Jani Nikula wrote: > > Cc: Greg > > On Wed, 15 Nov 2017, Ville Syrjälä wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 04:44:54PM +, alexander.le...@verizon.com wrote: > >> On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 01:08:05PM +0200, Ville Syrjälä

Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL for 4.9 36/56] drm/i915: Fix the level 0 max_wm hack on VLV/CHV

2017-11-17 Thread Jani Nikula
Cc: Greg On Wed, 15 Nov 2017, Ville Syrjälä wrote: > On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 04:44:54PM +, alexander.le...@verizon.com wrote: >> On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 01:08:05PM +0200, Ville Syrjälä wrote: >> >On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 02:45:43AM +,

Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL for 4.9 36/56] drm/i915: Fix the level 0 max_wm hack on VLV/CHV

2017-11-16 Thread Ville Syrjälä
On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 04:44:54PM +, alexander.le...@verizon.com wrote: > On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 01:08:05PM +0200, Ville Syrjälä wrote: > >On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 02:45:43AM +, alexander.le...@verizon.com wrote: > >> From: Ville Syrjälä > >> > >> [