Re: [PATCH v2 02/15] genpt: Add Documentation/ files

On Mon, May 05, 2025 at 11:18:32AM -0300, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:

+Since each compilation unit can only access one underlying format at a time, +code that is intended to be generic across multiple formats has to compile +itself multiple times.

+In an implementation compilation unit the headers would normally be included as +follows::

• #include <linux/generic_pt/common.h>
• #include "fmt/defs_amdv1.h"
• #include "pt_defs.h"
• #include "fmt/amdv1.h"
• #include "pt_common.h"
• #include "pt_iter.h"

What do you mean by compiling generic code multiple times? Including their headers at multiple places like above?

+Which will build up all the definitions to operate an AMDv1 page table type.

"This will build up ..."

Thanks.