From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jason Gunthorpe Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] IB/sa: route SA pathrecord query through netlink Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 18:22:46 -0600 Message-ID: <20150520002246.GC16941@obsidianresearch.com> References: <1431975616-23529-1-git-send-email-kaike.wan@intel.com> <1431975616-23529-4-git-send-email-kaike.wan@intel.com> <20150519190742.GO18675@obsidianresearch.com> <1828884A29C6694DAF28B7E6B8A82373A8FDD2D8@ORSMSX109.amr.corp.intel.com> <20150519204936.GB24622@obsidianresearch.com> <1828884A29C6694DAF28B7E6B8A82373A8FDD36A@ORSMSX109.amr.corp.intel.com> <20150519235303.GA32281@phlsvsds.ph.intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20150519235303.GA32281-W4f6Xiosr+yv7QzWx2u06xL4W9x8LtSr@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-rdma-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: "ira.weiny" Cc: "Hefty, Sean" , "Wan, Kaike" , "Hal Rosenstock (hal-LDSdmyG8hGV8YrgS2mwiifqBs+8SCbDb@public.gmane.org)" , "linux-rdma-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org" , "Fleck, John" List-Id: linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 07:53:04PM -0400, ira.weiny wrote: > I think that extending this to return an array of paths should be tackled in > future patches. This future work could use a different protocol but I don't > think it would be part of ib_sa_path_rec_get. No, this is a UAPI, we have to live with it forever, it needs to be well designed, not just rammed into whatever already exists. I already have an experimental patch series that extends CM to support async scenarios, so the basic assumption this UAPI is premised on is already wrong. Jason -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html