Re: [PATCH v9 14/19] vfio: move eventfd support code for VFIO_PCI to a separate file

[Antonios Motakis]

On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 8:16 PM, Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Antonios,
>
> On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 12:07 PM, Antonios Motakis
> <a.motakis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> The virqfd functionality that is used by VFIO_PCI to implement interrupt
>> masking and unmasking via an eventfd, is generic enough and can be reused
>> by another driver. Move it to a separate file in order to allow the code
>> to be shared.
>>
>> Also properly export virqfd_enable and virqfd_disable in the process.
>
> Alex will handle this, not me, but my personal preference is to avoid
> doing things "in the process" because the small changes get lost in
> the big patch.
>
> I'd rather see a strict move that changes no code at all (except
> things like necessary Makefile changes), followed by a smaller patch
> that does the additional stuff.
>
> Does "properly export" mean that those functions were previously
> *improperly* exported and the way they used to be exported caused a
> problem?  Or does it just mean "export"?

It just means "export", but you are right there is no reason why to
export it in this patch. I will move it to one of the next patches.

>
> Bjorn
>
>> Signed-off-by: Antonios Motakis <a.motakis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  drivers/vfio/Makefile               |   4 +-
>>  drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c   | 213 -----------------------------------
>>  drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_private.h |   3 -
>>  drivers/vfio/virqfd.c               | 214 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  include/linux/vfio.h                |  28 +++++
>>  5 files changed, 245 insertions(+), 217 deletions(-)
>>  create mode 100644 drivers/vfio/virqfd.c
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