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

[Jiri Pirko]

Fri, Aug 16, 2024 at 03:36:41PM CEST, gakula@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Thursday, August 8, 2024 9:12 PM
>>To: Geethasowjanya Akula <gakula@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; kuba@xxxxxxxxxx;
>>davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx; edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx; Sunil
>>Kovvuri Goutham <sgoutham@xxxxxxxxxxx>; Subbaraya Sundeep Bhatta
>><sbhatta@xxxxxxxxxxx>; Hariprasad Kelam <hkelam@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [net-next PATCH v10 01/11] octeontx2-pf: Refactoring
>>RVU driver
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>>Mon, Aug 05, 2024 at 03:18:05PM CEST, gakula@xxxxxxxxxxx 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@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>---
>>> .../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(-)
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>>How can anyone review this?
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>>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.