netdev - Re: [RFC net-next] generate boilerplate impls such as devlink_resource

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Message-ID: <20240703175111.0832953e@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2024 17:51:11 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@...el.com>
Cc: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>, "netdev@...r.kernel.org"
 <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC net-next] generate boilerplate impls such as
 devlink_resource_register()

On Wed, 3 Jul 2024 12:13:58 +0200 Przemek Kitszel wrote:
> I have and idea that boilerplate devlink_ wrappers over devl_ functions
> could be generated via short script, with the handcrafted .c code as the
> only input. Take for example the following [one line] added to 
> devlink/resource.c would replace the whole definition and kdoc, which 
> would be placed in the generated file in about the same form as the
> current code. This will be applied to all suitable functions of course.

How?

> The script will be short, but not so trivial to write it without prior
> RFC. For those wondering if I don't have better things to do: yes, but
> I have also some awk-time that will not be otherwise spend on more 
> serious stuff anyway :)

What's the exchange rate from awk-time to other types of time?