RE: [RFC PATCH v4 2/5] ptp: Reorganize ptp_kvm modules to make it arch-independent.

["Jianyong Wu (Arm Technology China)" <Jianyong.Wu@arm.com>]

Hi Suzuki,

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> From: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>
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> Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v4 2/5] ptp: Reorganize ptp_kvm modules to make it
> arch-independent.
> 
> 
> 
> On 27/09/2019 11:10, Jianyong Wu (Arm Technology China) wrote:
> > Hi Suzuki,
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>
> >> Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2019 9:06 PM
> >> To: Jianyong Wu (Arm Technology China) <Jianyong.Wu@arm.com>;
> >> netdev@vger.kernel.org; yangbo.lu@nxp.com; john.stultz@linaro.org;
> >> tglx@linutronix.de; pbonzini@redhat.com;
> >> sean.j.christopherson@intel.com; maz@kernel.org;
> >> richardcochran@gmail.com; Mark Rutland <Mark.Rutland@arm.com>;
> Will
> >> Deacon <Will.Deacon@arm.com>
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> >> kvmarm@lists.cs.columbia.edu; kvm@vger.kernel.org; Steve Capper
> >> <Steve.Capper@arm.com>; Kaly Xin (Arm Technology China)
> >> <Kaly.Xin@arm.com>; Justin He (Arm Technology China)
> >> <Justin.He@arm.com>; nd <nd@arm.com>
> >> Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v4 2/5] ptp: Reorganize ptp_kvm modules to
> >> make it arch-independent.
> >>
> >> Hi Jianyong,
> >>
> >> On 26/09/2019 12:42, Jianyong Wu wrote:
> >>> Currently, ptp_kvm modules implementation is only for x86 which
> >>> includs large part of arch-specific code.  This patch move all of
> >>> those code into new arch related file in the same directory.
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Jianyong Wu <jianyong.wu@arm.com>
> >>> ---
> >>>    drivers/ptp/Makefile                 |  1 +
> >>>    drivers/ptp/{ptp_kvm.c => kvm_ptp.c} | 77 ++++++------------------
> >>>    drivers/ptp/ptp_kvm_x86.c            | 87
> >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>>    include/asm-generic/ptp_kvm.h        | 12 ++++
> >>>    4 files changed, 118 insertions(+), 59 deletions(-)
> >>>    rename drivers/ptp/{ptp_kvm.c => kvm_ptp.c} (63%)
> >>
> >> minor nit: Could we not skip renaming the file ? Given you are
> >> following the
> >> ptp_kvm_* for the arch specific files and the header files, wouldn't
> >> it be good to keep ptp_kvm.c ?
> >>
> > If the module name ptp_kvm.ko is the same with its dependent object
> > file ptp_kvm.o, warning will be given by compiler, So I change the
> ptp_kvm.c to kvm_ptp.c to avoid that conflict.
> 
> Hmm, ok. How about ptp_kvm_common.c instead of kvm_ptp.c ?

Yeah, it's a better name, I will change it next version.

Thanks
Jianyong Wu
> 
> Suzuki
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