[PATCH v2 00/17] SHA-512 library functions

[Linus Torvalds]

On Mon, 16 Jun 2025 at 23:05, Eric Biggers <ebiggers at kernel.org> wrote:
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> An additional note on testing: [..]

Talking about testing - when adding test scripts, can you do it as a
separate thing entirely - either before or after?

As it is, this code movement is hard to judge just because the stats
are all messed up with new tests:

 77 files changed, 4012 insertions(+), 1756 deletions(-)

that's 2k+ new lines of code that pretty much entirely hides the
question of "did this code movement result in a simpler / same / more
complex end result".

So in general, I'd really prefer big re-organizations to be *separate*
from new code changes.

It's just a pain to review renaming when it's mixed up with other
changes - whether renaming variables or whole files.

And that's as true on an individual commit level (we try to avoid
renaming things *and* making other changes in one go) as it is on a
pull request level.

If I see a pull request that only adds new tests, it's a no-brainer.

If I see a pull request that only re-organizes the code and the
diffstat just just renames with some small updates for new locations,
it's a no-brainer.

If I see a pull request that does both, it's a pain in the arse,
because then I need to start to look into individual commits and go
"which does what".

            Linus