linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 00/18] Add VFIO mediated device support and DEV-MSI support for the idxd driver

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Message-ID: <20200917150641.GM3699@nvidia.com>
Date:   Thu, 17 Sep 2020 12:06:41 -0300
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
To:     Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 00/18] Add VFIO mediated device support and DEV-MSI
 support for the idxd driver

On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 04:27:35PM -0700, Dave Jiang wrote:
>  drivers/dma/idxd/idxd.h                            |   65 +
>  drivers/dma/idxd/init.c                            |  100 ++
>  drivers/dma/idxd/irq.c                             |    6 
>  drivers/dma/idxd/mdev.c                            | 1089 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/dma/idxd/mdev.h                            |  118 ++

It is common that drivers of a subsystem will be under that
subsystem's directory tree. This allows the subsystem community to
manage pages related to their subsystem and it's drivers.

Should the mdev parts be moved there?

Jason