linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next 7/7] devlink: Move devlink dev selftest code to dev

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Date:   Thu, 2 Feb 2023 21:33:52 +0200
From:   Moshe Shemesh <moshe@...dia.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
CC:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 7/7] devlink: Move devlink dev selftest code to
 dev


On 02/02/2023 20:17, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
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> On Thu, 2 Feb 2023 16:47:06 +0200 Moshe Shemesh wrote:
>> Move devlink dev selftest callbacks and related code from leftover.c to
>> file dev.c. No functional change in this patch.
> selftest I'd put in its own file. We don't want every command which
> doesn't have a specific sub-object to end up in dev.c, right?
> At least that was my initial thinking. I don't see any dependencies
> between the selftest code and the rest of the dev code either.
> WDYT?


I thought as it is devlink dev selftest, the sub-object is dev. 
Otherwise, what should be the rule here ?

How do we decide if it should get its own file ?