linux-kernel - Re: [Pv-drivers] [PATCH 12/12] VMCI: Some header and config files.

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Message-ID: <20121030052234.GH32055@dtor-ws.eng.vmware.com>
Date:	Mon, 29 Oct 2012 22:22:34 -0700
From:	Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@...are.com>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	George Zhang <georgezhang@...are.com>, pv-drivers@...are.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [Pv-drivers] [PATCH 12/12] VMCI: Some header and config files.

On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 07:32:55PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 06:05:38PM -0700, George Zhang wrote:
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/Makefile
> > @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
> > +################################################################################
> > +#
> > +# Linux driver for VMware's VMCI device.
> > +#
> > +# Copyright (C) 2007-2012, VMware, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
> > +#
> > +# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
> > +# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
> > +# Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License and no later version.
> > +#
> > +# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
> > +# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> > +# MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD TITLE or
> > +# NON INFRINGEMENT.  See the GNU General Public License for more
> > +# details.
> > +#
> > +# Maintained by: Andrew Stiegmann <pv-drivers@...are.com>
> > +#
> > +################################################################################
> 
> That's a big boiler-plate for a makefile :)
> 
> Wait, what's Andrew's name doing here, and yet it isn't on any of the
> signed-off-by: or From: lines of the driver?  Surely you aren't the only
> contributor here?
> 
> > +#
> > +# Makefile for the VMware VMCI
> > +#
> 
> That's the only needed comment for this file, if even that.
> 
> > +
> > +obj-$(CONFIG_VMWARE_VMCI) += vmw_vmci.o
> > +
> > +vmw_vmci-y += vmci_context.o
> > +vmw_vmci-y += vmci_datagram.o
> > +vmw_vmci-y += vmci_doorbell.o
> > +vmw_vmci-y += vmci_driver.o
> > +vmw_vmci-y += vmci_event.o
> > +vmw_vmci-y += vmci_guest.o
> > +vmw_vmci-y += vmci_handle_array.o
> > +vmw_vmci-y += vmci_host.o
> > +vmw_vmci-y += vmci_queue_pair.o
> > +vmw_vmci-y += vmci_resource.o
> > +vmw_vmci-y += vmci_route.o
> 
> You can do this cleaner with multiple .o objects on the same line...
> 
> > +vmci:
> > +	$(MAKE) -C ../../.. SUBDIRS=$$PWD CONFIG_VMWARE_VMCI=m modules
> > +
> > +clean:
> > +	$(MAKE) -C ../../.. SUBDIRS=$$PWD CONFIG_VMWARE_VMCI=m clean
> 
> What are these two last targets for?  I'm guessing this is from when you
> ported it from a stand-along module?  Please remove them.

We'll clean it all up.

Thanks for going over the code.

-- 
Dmitry
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