netdev - Re: [RFC net-next 01/15] devlink: move code to a dedicated directory

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Date:   Thu, 15 Dec 2022 11:13:15 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>
Cc:     Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>, <davem@...emloft.net>,
        <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        <pabeni@...hat.com>, <leon@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC net-next 01/15] devlink: move code to a dedicated
 directory

On Thu, 15 Dec 2022 10:44:14 -0800 Jacob Keller wrote:
> On 12/15/2022 1:51 AM, Jiri Pirko wrote:
> > Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 03:01:41AM CET, kuba@...nel.org wrote:  
> >> The devlink code is hard to navigate with 13kLoC in one file.
> >> I really like the way Michal split the ethtool into per-command
> >> files and core. It'd probably be too much to split it all up,  
> > 
> > Why not? While you are at it, I think that we should split it right
> > away.
>
>  From the cover letter it sounds like "not enough time". I like 
> splitting things up but would be fine with just one file per sub object 
> type like one for ports, one for regions, etc.

Indeed, I had to draw the line somewhere. Always plenty of
opportunities to reshuffle and improve code which has grown
organically over the years. But the sun goes down obsitnately...