RE: [PATCH v3 4/4] IB/sa: Route SA pathrecord query through netlink

Wan, Kaike
2015-06-05T21:02:56Z

> From: linux-rdma-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org [mailto:linux-rdma-
> owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org] On Behalf Of Jason Gunthorpe
> Sent: Friday, June 05, 2015 5:00 PM
>
> On Fri, Jun 05, 2015 at 08:53:01PM +0000, Hefty, Sean wrote:
> > > RDMA_OP_RESOLVE (reply)
> > > IB_PATH
> > > IB_PATH
> > > IB_PATH
> >
> > I thought you were asking to move the hook site. This approach seems
> > reasonable. We should just need to add a check against the compmask.
>
> I've been asking if we can include more meta-information, like the netdev for
> rdma-cm and ipoib. Having the hook site in send_mad makes that seem hard
> to reach. (maybe not?)
>
> One one hand, it would be nice to launch a new UAPI with broad feature
> completeness, on the other hand, if it is a lot of work then go incremental.
> That is why I only said I was surprised :)

I would like the incremental approach.

Kaike