Re: [Qemu-riscv] [Qemu-devel] [qemu-s390x] [PATCH v7 33/42] exec: Replace device_endian with MemOp

[Richard Henderson]

On 8/19/19 11:29 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 19/08/19 20:28, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>> On 16/08/19 12:12, Thomas Huth wrote:
>>> This patch is *huge*, more than 800kB. It keeps being stuck in the the
>>> filter of the qemu-s390x list each time you send it. Please:
>>>
>>> 1) Try to break it up in more digestible pieces, e.g. change only one
>>> subsystem at a time (this is also better reviewable by people who are
>>> interested in one area)
>>
>> This is not really possible, since the patch is basically a
>> search-and-replace.  You could perhaps use some magic
>> ("DEVICE_MEMOP_ENDIAN" or something like that) to allow a split, but it
>> would introduce more complication than anything else.
> 
> I'm stupid, at this point of the series it _would_ be possible to split
> the patch by subsystem.  Still not sure it would be actually an advantage.

It might be easier to review if we split by symbol, one rename per patch over
the entire code base.


r~