Re: [PATCH v1 07/13] KVM: s390: move some gmap shadowing functions away from mm/gmap.c

[Janosch Frank <frankja@linux.ibm.com>]

On 1/15/25 11:20 AM, Claudio Imbrenda wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Jan 2025 09:56:11 +0100
> Janosch Frank <frankja@linux.ibm.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 1/8/25 7:14 PM, Claudio Imbrenda wrote:
>>> Move some gmap shadowing functions from mm/gmap.c to kvm/vsie.c and
>>> kvm/kvm-s390.c .
>>>    
>>
>> Why though?
> 
> to start removing stuff from mm

Alright, let me be more specific below.

> 
>>
>> I don't really want to have gmap code in vsie.c
>> If you want to add a new mm/gmap-vsie.c then do so but I don't see a
> 
> will do

kvm-s390.c is quite long already and the fault code in vsie.c has been a 
thorn in my side for a couple of years as well since I have to jump 
between gmap.c and vsie.c and gaccess.c when reading.

I don't mind putting the gmap.c code in the kvm/ dir but I don't want it 
spread out over all of the kvm/*.c files and especially not over the two 
main files.

We have gaccess.c which is memory centric.
Add a new file or two (since gmap.c is quite long and shadow code can be 
split out) to kvm/.

> 
>> need to move gmap code from mm to kvm and you give no explanation
>> whatsoever.
> 
> the goal is to remove gmap from mm, as mentioned in the cover letter

Right, but that cover letter will never reach git.
Also, why is that the goal? The cover letter does not tell me the reason 
why you want to move that code.