linux-kernel - Re: [RFC bpf-next 3/3] docs: Split filter.txt into separate documents.

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Message-ID: <514b4a99-5ebd-9bb5-f6f3-99fe1b19c25d@iogearbox.net>
Date:   Thu, 2 Aug 2018 10:02:50 +0200
From:   Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
To:     "Tobin C. Harding" <me@...in.cc>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jay Schulist <jschlst@...ba.org>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC bpf-next 3/3] docs: Split filter.txt into separate
 documents.

On 08/02/2018 08:28 AM, Tobin C. Harding wrote:
> In preparation for conversion of Documentation/networking/filter.txt it was
> noticed that the document contains a lot of information.  The document may be
> more accessible if it was split up.  Some parts pertain to everyone, let's put
> these bits in core-api/.  The more hard core bits about eBPF internals could be
> put with the other BPF docs in Documentation/bpf/.  There is a small bit of
> information on testing and miscellaneous matters that are useful for everyone
> (everyone does testing, right) so lets keep that info at the bottom of both new
> documents.  (This includes the original authors.)
> 
> Split Documentation/networking/filter.txt into Documentation/bpf/eBPF.rst and
> Documentation/core-api/bpf.rst
> 
> Cc: Jay Schulist <jschlst@...ba.org>
> Cc: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
> Cc; Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <me@...in.cc>
> ---
>  Documentation/networking/filter.txt | 1480 ---------------------------
>  1 file changed, 1480 deletions(-)
>  delete mode 100644 Documentation/networking/filter.txt

Missing git add given the new files are not present here?

Overall I agree it would be good if we move all the content over into
Documentation/bpf/ eventually, but would be useful to see a full diff.