From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
To: Nir Muchtar <nirm-smomgflXvOZWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: rolandd-FYB4Gu1CFyUAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org,
linux-rdma-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
monis-smomgflXvOZWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org,
ogerlitz-smomgflXvOZWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 1/5] IB Netlink Infrastructure
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 10:51:52 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101130175152.GH16788@obsidianresearch.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1291121801.3155.177.camel@nirm-desktop>
On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 02:56:41PM +0200, Nir Muchtar wrote:
> Do you mean adding this to ib_core? I'm not sure we want to
> autoload ib_core whenever the userspace asks for "socket(PF_NETLINK,
> SOCK_RAW, NETLINK_INFINIBAND)" What's wrong with receiving a
> "protocol not supported" error? If ib_core is not loaded then
> there's no data anyway. Am I missing other possible effects of
> MODULE_ALIAS here?
It seems to be kernel policy to annotate this sort of autoload
meta-data.
If the module is demand loaded or not is a userspace choice.
Apps using this should handle both cases.
Jason
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-11-30 17:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-11-29 16:16 [PATCH V2 0/5] IB Netlink Interface and RDMA CM exports Nir Muchtar
[not found] ` <1291047399-430-1-git-send-email-nirm-smomgflXvOZWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2010-11-29 16:16 ` [PATCH V2 1/5] IB Netlink Infrastructure Nir Muchtar
[not found] ` <1291047399-430-2-git-send-email-nirm-smomgflXvOZWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2010-11-29 18:21 ` Jason Gunthorpe
[not found] ` <20101129182159.GB16788-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2010-11-30 12:56 ` Nir Muchtar
2010-11-30 17:51 ` Jason Gunthorpe [this message]
[not found] ` <20101130175152.GH16788-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2010-12-01 16:05 ` Nir Muchtar
2010-11-29 16:16 ` [PATCH V2 2/5] IB Core: Error Handler Nir Muchtar
2010-11-29 16:16 ` [PATCH V2 3/5] IB Core: Run Netlink Nir Muchtar
2010-11-29 16:16 ` [PATCH V2 4/5] RDMA CM: Export State Enum Nir Muchtar
2010-11-29 16:16 ` [PATCH V2 5/5] RDMA CM: Netlink Client Nir Muchtar
[not found] ` <1291047399-430-6-git-send-email-nirm-smomgflXvOZWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2010-11-29 19:11 ` Jason Gunthorpe
[not found] ` <20101129191136.GC16788-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2010-11-30 12:34 ` Or Gerlitz
[not found] ` <4CF4EF73.6060406-hKgKHo2Ms0FWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2010-11-30 17:50 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2010-11-30 14:09 ` Nir Muchtar
2010-11-30 18:19 ` Jason Gunthorpe
[not found] ` <20101130181944.GI16788-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2010-12-01 15:58 ` Nir Muchtar
2010-12-01 18:35 ` Jason Gunthorpe
[not found] ` <20101201183538.GQ16788-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2010-12-07 15:40 ` Nir Muchtar
2010-12-07 18:54 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2010-12-07 20:53 ` Nir Muchtar
[not found] ` <7E95F01E94AB484F83061FCFA35B39F8794E3B-QfUkFaTmzUSUvQqKE/ONIwC/G2K4zDHf@public.gmane.org>
2010-12-07 21:29 ` Jason Gunthorpe
[not found] ` <20101207212924.GG16788-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2010-12-08 14:55 ` Nir Muchtar
2010-12-08 18:23 ` Jason Gunthorpe
[not found] ` <20101208182356.GK16788-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2010-12-09 8:47 ` Nir Muchtar
2010-12-09 17:26 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2010-11-30 16:13 ` Hefty, Sean
[not found] ` <CF9C39F99A89134C9CF9C4CCB68B8DDF25B8924212-osO9UTpF0USkrb+BlOpmy7fspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2010-11-30 19:01 ` Jason Gunthorpe
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