linux-kernel - Re: Moving ndctl development into the kernel tree?

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Message-ID: <20170721225815.i6467grjen32x4kq@gmail.com>
Date:   Sat, 22 Jul 2017 00:58:15 +0200
From:   Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:     Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
Cc:     "torvalds@...ux-foundation.org" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>,
        jmoyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>,
        "linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org" <linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Oliver O'Halloran <oohall@...il.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...radead.org>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Subject: Re: Moving ndctl development into the kernel tree?


* Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com> wrote:

> [...]
> 
> * Like perf, ndctl borrows the sub-command architecture and option
> parsing from git. So, this code could be refactored into something
> shared / generic, i.e. the bits in tools/perf/util/.

Just as a side note, stacktool (tools/stacktool/) is using the Git sub-command and 
options parsing code as well, and it's already sharing it with perf, via the 
tools/lib/subcmd/ library.

ndctl could use that as well.

Thanks,

	Ingo