[RFC PATCH 1/2] ARM: KVM: move GIC/timer code to a common location
Marc Zyngier
marc.zyngier at arm.com
Fri May 10 04:46:29 EDT 2013
On 10/05/13 09:11, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> Il 10/05/2013 09:23, Marc Zyngier ha scritto:
>>>> 1. Should we have a namespace per arch in the include directory, as in
>>>> include/kvm/arm?
>> So I thought of that at one point, but discarded the idea because it seems
>> to convey the wrong message:
>> We're moving the include files because they are architecture independent,
>> and referring to an architecture name in the path feels a bit odd. Or maybe
>> arm-common?
>
> As I wrote in the other message, Linux in general has a shallow include/
> tree, so I think putting them in include/kvm/ is good.
>
> Is there any precedent for naming stuff that is common to arm and
> aarch64?
So far, we have:
- include/linux/irqchip/arm-gic.h
- include/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.h
So the trend seems to use "arm" as a prefix, and I will rename the files
to match this convention (which you actually suggested in your other email).
> I think to 99% of the world they will both be "arm", but of
> course the remaining 1% is likely over-represented among KVM-ARM
> maintainers. :)
Who? What? ;-)
Do you have any comment about patch 2/2? It is a bit more invasive, but
it is a cleanup in my opinion.
Thanks for the feedback,
M.
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