linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] iommu/iova: Reorganise some code

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Message-ID: <0ffc92e6-9640-293b-8fbf-b2e45badad91@google.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2024 10:17:18 -0800 (PST)
From: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>
cc: joro@...tes.org, will@...nel.org, pasha.tatashin@...een.com, 
    iommu@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org, 
    yosryahmed@...gle.com, john.g.garry@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] iommu/iova: Reorganise some code

On Mon, 5 Feb 2024, Robin Murphy wrote:

> The iova_cache_{get,put}() calls really represent top-level lifecycle
> management for the whole IOVA library, so it's long been rather
> confusing to have them buried right in the middle of the allocator
> implementation details. Move them to a more expected position at the end
> of the file, where it will then also be easier to expand them. With
> this, we can also move the rcache hotplug handler (plus another stray
> function) into the rcache portion of the file.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>

Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>