linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC 02/12] vdpa: split vdpasim to core and net modules

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Message-ID: <20201116093954.svf6yjmmn55mdtl4@steredhat>
Date:   Mon, 16 Nov 2020 10:39:54 +0100
From:   Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@...hat.com>
To:     Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
Cc:     virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...hat.com>,
        Laurent Vivier <lvivier@...hat.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Eli Cohen <elic@...dia.com>,
        "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
        Max Gurtovoy <mgurtovoy@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 02/12] vdpa: split vdpasim to core and net modules

On Mon, Nov 16, 2020 at 12:00:11PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
>
>On 2020/11/13 下午9:47, Stefano Garzarella wrote:
>>From: Max Gurtovoy <mgurtovoy@...dia.com>
>>
>>Introduce new vdpa_sim_net and vdpa_sim (core) drivers. This is a
>>preparation for adding a vdpa simulator module for block devices.
>>
>>Signed-off-by: Max Gurtovoy <mgurtovoy@...dia.com>
>>[sgarzare: various cleanups/fixes]
>>Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@...hat.com>
>>---
>>v1:
>>- Removed unused headers
>>- Removed empty module_init() module_exit()
>>- Moved vdpasim_is_little_endian() in vdpa_sim.h
>>- Moved vdpasim16_to_cpu/cpu_to_vdpasim16() in vdpa_sim.h
>>- Added vdpasim*_to_cpu/cpu_to_vdpasim*() also for 32 and 64
>>- Replaced 'select VDPA_SIM' with 'depends on VDPA_SIM' since selected
>>   option can not depend on other [Jason]
>
>
>If possible, I would suggest to split this patch further:
>
>1) convert to use void *config, and an attribute for setting config 
>size during allocation
>2) introduce supported_features
>3) other attributes (#vqs)
>4) rename config ops (more generic one)
>5) introduce ops for set|get_config, set_get_features
>6) real split
>

Okay, I'll try to split Max's patch following your suggestion.
It should be cleaner.

Thanks,
Stefano