[PATCH 8/8] powerpc/rtas: consume retry statuses in sys_rtas()

[Christophe Leroy]

Le 25/01/2024 à 17:33, Nathan Lynch a écrit :
> Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy at csgroup.eu> writes:
>> Hi Nathan,
>>
>> Le 06/03/2023 à 22:33, Nathan Lynch via B4 Relay a écrit :
>>> From: Nathan Lynch <nathanl at linux.ibm.com>
>>>
>>> The kernel can handle retrying RTAS function calls in response to
>>> -2/990x in the sys_rtas() handler instead of relaying the intermediate
>>> status to user space.
>>
>>   From this series with still have patches 5, 7 and 8 awaiting in
>> patchwork, see
>> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/linuxppc-dev/list/?submitter=85747
>> and patch 8 doesn't apply anymore.
>>
>> Are those 3 patches still relevant or should they be discarded ?
> 
> Thanks for checking - 5 and 7 can be discarded.
> 
> I intend to return to 8/8 ("consume retry statuses...") when time
> allows. So that could be put in "changes requested" state I suppose, but
> if it's easier on the maintainer side to discard it that's fine with me
> too.

Ok, thanks for answering, I rejected 5 and 7 and requested changes to 8.

While at it, what about patch 2 of series 
https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/linuxppc-dev/list/?series=382195&state=*

Christophe