linux-kernel - Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: [net-next PATCH v10 01/11] octeontx2-pf: Refactoring RVU driver

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Message-ID: <Zr9d18M31WsT1mgf@nanopsycho.orion>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 16:10:31 +0200
From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To: Geethasowjanya Akula <gakula@...vell.com>
Cc: "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"kuba@...nel.org" <kuba@...nel.org>,
	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"pabeni@...hat.com" <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	"edumazet@...gle.com" <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Sunil Kovvuri Goutham <sgoutham@...vell.com>,
	Subbaraya Sundeep Bhatta <sbhatta@...vell.com>,
	Hariprasad Kelam <hkelam@...vell.com>
Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: [net-next PATCH v10 01/11] octeontx2-pf:
 Refactoring RVU driver

Fri, Aug 16, 2024 at 03:36:41PM CEST, gakula@...vell.com wrote:
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
>>Sent: Thursday, August 8, 2024 9:12 PM
>>To: Geethasowjanya Akula <gakula@...vell.com>
>>Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; kuba@...nel.org;
>>davem@...emloft.net; pabeni@...hat.com; edumazet@...gle.com; Sunil
>>Kovvuri Goutham <sgoutham@...vell.com>; Subbaraya Sundeep Bhatta
>><sbhatta@...vell.com>; Hariprasad Kelam <hkelam@...vell.com>
>>Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [net-next PATCH v10 01/11] octeontx2-pf: Refactoring
>>RVU driver
>>
>>Mon, Aug 05, 2024 at 03:18:05PM CEST, gakula@...vell.com wrote:
>>>Refactoring and export list of shared functions such that they can be
>>>used by both RVU NIC and representor driver.
>>>
>>>Signed-off-by: Geetha sowjanya <gakula@...vell.com>
>>>Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
>>>---
>>> .../ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/common.h    |   2 +
>>> .../net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/mbox.h  |   2 +
>>> .../net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/npc.h   |   1 +
>>> .../net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.c   |  11 +
>>> .../net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.h   |   1 +
>>> .../marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_debugfs.c        |  27 --
>>> .../ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_nix.c   |  47 ++--
>>> .../marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc_fs.c         |   5 +
>>> .../ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_reg.h   |   4 +
>>> .../marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_struct.h         |  26 ++
>>> .../marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_switch.c         |   2 +-
>>> .../marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.c       |   6 +-
>>> .../marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.h       |  43 ++--
>>> .../ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_pf.c  | 240 +++++++++++-------
>>> .../marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_txrx.c         |  17 +-
>>> .../marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_txrx.h         |   3 +-
>>> .../ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_vf.c  |   7 +-
>>> 17 files changed, 266 insertions(+), 178 deletions(-)
>>
>>How can anyone review this?
>>
>>If you need to refactor the code in preparation for a feature, you can do in in a
>>separate patchset sent before the feature appears. This patch should be split
>>into X patches. One logical change per patch.
>If these changes are moved into a separate patchset.  How can someone understand and review 
>them without knowing where they get reused.

Describe it then. No problem.