linux-kernel - Re: Re: [PATCH v6 07/14] mm/damon: Implement kernel space API

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Message-ID: <20200310115620.24768-1-sjpark@amazon.com>
Date:   Tue, 10 Mar 2020 12:56:20 +0100
From:   SeongJae Park <sjpark@...zon.com>
To:     Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>
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Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH v6 07/14] mm/damon: Implement kernel space API

On Tue, 10 Mar 2020 09:01:52 +0000 Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 24 Feb 2020 13:30:40 +0100
> SeongJae Park <sjpark@...zon.com> wrote:
> 
> > From: SeongJae Park <sjpark@...zon.de>
> > 
> > This commit implements the DAMON api for the kernel.  Other kernel code
> > can use DAMON by calling damon_start() and damon_stop() with their own
> > 'struct damon_ctx'.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sjpark@...zon.de>
> 
> Seems like it would have been easier to create the header as you went along
> and avoid the need to have the bits here dropping static.

Yes, exporing the API from the beginning must be much simpler and easy to
review!

> 
> Or the moves for that matter.
> 
> Also, ideally have full kernel-doc for anything that forms part of an
> interface that is intended for use by others.

Agreed, will use the kernel-doc comments!


Thanks,
SeongJae Park

> 
> Jonathan
> 
> > ---
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