netdev - Re: [PATCH 7/7] mlx5: Do not build eswitch_offloads if CONFIG_MLX5_EN_ESWITCH

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Date:   Mon, 5 Jun 2017 16:51:50 -0400
From:   Jes Sorensen <jsorensen@...com>
To:     Or Gerlitz <gerlitz.or@...il.com>
CC:     Jes Sorensen <jes.sorensen@...il.com>,
        Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Kernel Team <kernel-team@...com>,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>,
        Ilan Tayari <ilant@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] mlx5: Do not build eswitch_offloads if
 CONFIG_MLX5_EN_ESWITCH_OFFLOADS is set

On 06/03/2017 03:37 PM, Or Gerlitz wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 11:22 PM, Jes Sorensen <jsorensen@...com> wrote:
>> On 05/28/2017 02:03 AM, Or Gerlitz wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sun, May 28, 2017 at 5:23 AM, Jes Sorensen <jes.sorensen@...il.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 05/27/2017 05:02 PM, Or Gerlitz wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 12:16 AM, Jes Sorensen <jes.sorensen@...il.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This gets rid of the temporary #ifdef spaghetti and allows the code to
>>>>>> compile without offload support enabled.
>>>
>>>
>>>>> I am pretty sure we can do that exercise you're up to without any
>>>>> spaghetti cooking and even put more code under that CONFIG directive
>>>>> (en_rep.c), I'll take that with Saeed.
>>>
>>>
>>>> I want to avoid adding #ifdef CONFIG_foo to the main code in order to
>>>> keep
>>>> it readable. I did it gradually to make sure I didn't break anything and
>>>> to
>>>> allow for it to be bisected in case something did break. If we can move
>>>> out
>>>> more code from places like en_rep.c into eswitch_offload.c and get it
>>>> disabled that way that would be great, but I like to limit the number of
>>>> #ifdefs we add to the actual code.
>>>
>>>
>>> FWIW (see below), squashing your seven patches to one resulted in a
>>> fairly simple/clear
>>> patch, so if we go that way, no need to have seven commits just for this
>>> piece.
>>
>>
>> Squashing patches into jumbo patches is inherently broken and bad coding
>> practice! It makes it way more complicated to debug and bisect in case a
>> minor detail broke in the process.
> 
> Not that pure LOC ##-s is the only/deep measurement, but your overall
> changes in the the seven patch series account to:
> 
>   5 files changed, 94 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> and by no mean this is jumbo or inherently broken and bad coded, so
> please slow down please, I looked with care on the resulted patch and
> said it's basically ok.

Squashing patches for the sake of squashing patches is inherently broken 
and bad. So please calm down and stop this mangling of other peoples' 
patches.

If you want an alternative, put up a proposal and look at it for 
comparison somewhere.

Jes