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SubjectRe: [PATCH v4 05/12] vfio_pci: duplicate vfio_pci.c
On Tue,  7 Jan 2020 20:01:42 +0800
Liu Yi L <yi.l.liu@intel.com> wrote:

> This patch has no code change, just a file copy. In following patches,
> vfio_pci_common.c will be modified to only include the common functions
> and related static functions in original vfio_pci.c. Meanwhile, vfio_pci.c
> will be modified to only include vfio-pci module specific codes.
>
> Cc: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@intel.com>
> Cc: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@linux.intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Liu Yi L <yi.l.liu@intel.com>
> ---
> drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_common.c | 1708 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 1708 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_common.c

This whole procedure of "let's copy the file and rip out unneeded stuff
later" looks very ugly to me, especially if I'd come across it in the
future, e.g. during a bisect. This patch only adds a file that is not
compiled, and later changes will be "rip out unwanted stuff from
vfio_pci_common.c" instead of the more positive "move common stuff to
vfio_pci_common.c". I think refactoring/moving interfaces/code that it
makes sense to share makes this more reviewable, both now and in the
future.

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