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

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Date:   Wed, 28 Jun 2023 10:11:21 -0400
From:   Tom Talpey <tom@...pey.com>
To:     Dave Kleikamp <dave.kleikamp@...cle.com>,
        "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <linux@...blig.org>
Cc:     sfrench@...ba.org, linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org,
        jfs-discussion@...ts.sourceforge.net, linkinjeon@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Jfs-discussion] [PATCH 0/3] dedupe smb unicode files

On 6/28/2023 10:02 AM, Dave Kleikamp wrote:
> On 6/28/23 8:46AM, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote:
>> * Dr. David Alan Gilbert (dave@...blig.org) wrote:
>>> * 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.
>>
>> Actually, would you be ok with smb_unicode_common ?  The reason is that
>> you end up with a module named unicode_common  that sounds too generic.
> 
> I'd suggest make it generic and move it to fs/nls/. I'd run it by the 
> nls maintainers, but I don't think there are any.

I agree that would be best. If it stays in smb/common, with or
without extra filename decoration, it will still need to move
someday. But I have no strong preference on prefix apart from
not constraining it to a single protocol dialect.

Tom.

> Shaggy
> 
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>> 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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