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

[Geethasowjanya Akula]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Friday, August 16, 2024 7:41 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: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: [net-next PATCH v10 01/11] octeontx2-pf:
>Refactoring RVU driver
>>>-----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
>>>
>>>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(-)
>>>
>>>How can anyone review this?
>>>
>>>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.
Ok will provide detail description in commit message.