netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 00/25][pull request] 100GbE Intel Wired LAN Driver Updates 2022-03-14

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Date:   Mon, 14 Mar 2022 16:11:56 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        jacob.e.keller@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 00/25][pull request] 100GbE Intel Wired LAN
 Driver Updates 2022-03-14

On Mon, 14 Mar 2022 11:09:51 -0700 Tony Nguyen wrote:
> The ice_virtchnl_pf.c file has become a single place for a lot of
> virtualization functionality. This includes most of the virtchnl message
> handling, integration with kernel hooks like the .ndo operations, reset
> logic, and more.
> 
> We are planning in the future to implement and support Scalable IOV in the
> ice driver. To do this, much (but not all) of the code in ice_virtchnl_pf.c
> will want to be reused.
> 
> Rather than dump all of the Scalable IOV implementation into
> ice_virtchnl_pf.c it makes sense to house it in a separate file. But that
> still leaves all of the Single Root IOV code littered among more generic
> logic.
> 
> This series reorganizes code to make the non-implementation specific bits
> into new files with the following general guidelines:
> 
>  * ice_vf_lib.[ch]
> 
>    Basic VF structures and accessors. This is where scheme-independent
>    code will reside.
> 
>  * ice_virtchnl.[ch]
> 
>    Virtchnl message handling. This is where the bulk of the logic for
>    processing messages from VFs using the virtchnl messaging scheme will
>    reside. This is separated from ice_vf_lib.c because it is distinct
>    and has a bulk of the processing code.
> 
>  * ice_sriov.[ch]
> 
>    Single Root IOV implementation, including initialization and the
>    routines for interacting with SR-IOV based netdev operations.
> 
>  * (future) ice_siov.[ch]
> 
>    Scalable IOV implementation.
> 
> The goal is to make it easier to re-use parts of the virtualization logic
> while separating concerns such as Single Root specific implementation
> details.
> 
> In addition, this series has several minor cleanups and refactors we've
> accumulated during this development cycle which help prepare the ice driver
> for the Scalable IOV implementation.

Why is there 25 patches in this series? The limit is 15. If you need to
show a longer trajectory of the work you can post a link to a branch
with all the patches so that interested parties can take a look. 
We apply patches rather promptly, please return us a favor and obey 
the limit.