linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] dedupe smb unicode files

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Message-ID: <ZJw4iLlFWRMq6a3S@gallifrey>
Date:   Wed, 28 Jun 2023 13:41:28 +0000
From:   "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dave@...blig.org>
To:     Tom Talpey <tom@...pey.com>
Cc:     sfrench@...ba.org, linkinjeon@...nel.org,
        linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org, jfs-discussion@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] dedupe smb unicode files

* Tom Talpey (tom@...pey.com) wrote:
> On 6/27/2023 9:14 PM, linux@...blig.org wrote:
> > From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <linux@...blig.org>
> > 
> > The smb client and server code have (mostly) duplicated code
> > for unicode manipulation, in particular upper case handling.
> > 
> > Flatten this lot into shared code.
> > 
> > There's some code that's slightly different between the two, and
> > I've not attempted to share that - this should be strictly a no
> > behaviour change set.
> > 
> > I'd love to also boil out the same code from fs/jfs/ - but that's
> > a thought for another time (and harder since there's no good test
> > for it).
> > 
> > Lightly tested with a module and a monolithic build, and just mounting
> > itself.
> > 
> > This dupe was found using PMD:
> >    https://pmd.github.io/pmd/pmd_userdocs_cpd.html
> > 
> > Dave
> > 
> > Dr. David Alan Gilbert (3):
> >    fs/smb: Remove unicode 'lower' tables
> >    fs/smb: Swing unicode common code from server->common
> >    fs/smb/client: Use common code in client
> > 
> >   fs/smb/client/cifs_unicode.c                  |   1 -
> >   fs/smb/client/cifs_unicode.h                  | 313 +-----------------
> >   fs/smb/client/cifs_uniupr.h                   | 239 -------------
> >   fs/smb/common/Makefile                        |   1 +
> >   .../uniupr.h => common/cifs_unicode_common.c} | 156 +--------
> >   fs/smb/common/cifs_unicode_common.h           | 279 ++++++++++++++++
> 
> So far so good, but please drop the "cifs_" prefix from this new file's
> name, since its contents apply to later smb dialects as well.

Sure.

Dave

> Tom.
> 
> >   fs/smb/server/unicode.c                       |   1 -
> >   fs/smb/server/unicode.h                       | 301 +----------------
> >   8 files changed, 298 insertions(+), 993 deletions(-)
> >   delete mode 100644 fs/smb/client/cifs_uniupr.h
> >   rename fs/smb/{server/uniupr.h => common/cifs_unicode_common.c} (50%)
> >   create mode 100644 fs/smb/common/cifs_unicode_common.h
> > 
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