Re: [PATCH 09/15] powerpc/watchpoint: Convert thread_struct->hw_brk to an array

[Ravi Bangoria]

On 3/17/20 4:07 PM, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> Le 09/03/2020 Ã 09:58, Ravi Bangoria a ÃcritÂ:
> > So far powerpc hw supported only one watchpoint. But Future Power
> > architecture is introducing 2nd DAWR. Convert thread_struct->hw_brk
> > into an array.
>
> Looks like you are doing a lot more than that in this patch.
>
> Should this patch be splitted in two parts ?

So far thread_struct->hw_brk was a normal variable so accessing it was simple.
Once it gets converted into an array, loop needs to be used to access it. So
all misc changes are basically converting simple access into loops.

I don't see how this can be splitted.

Thanks,
Ravi