From: Leon Romanovsky <leon-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
To: "Hefty, Sean" <sean.hefty-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Jason Gunthorpe
<jgunthorpe-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>,
Matan Barak
<matanb-LDSdmyG8hGV8YrgS2mwiifqBs+8SCbDb@public.gmane.org>,
"dledford-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org"
<dledford-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
"linux-rdma-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org"
<linux-rdma-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC ABI 0/8] Netlink-based IOCTLs RDMA ABI
Date: Sun, 29 May 2016 11:16:46 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160529081646.GA25500@leon.nu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1828884A29C6694DAF28B7E6B8A82373AB05BD12-P5GAC/sN6hkd3b2yrw5b5LfspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
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On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 03:04:00PM +0000, Hefty, Sean wrote:
> > What do you mean by "the kernel client"?
> >
> > Maybe you are referring for something else, but I think about driver's
> > implementations of callbacks which will cause to code duplications.
>
> I am referring to the creation of an ioctl handling framework that is suitable for use by the rdma cm, ib cm (if kept), verb devices, and non-verbs drivers that do not plug into the kernel verbs framework. The kernel clients are the items I mentioned. Having a common ioctl handling framework will maximize code reuse.
It looks too generic for RDMA subsystem. What does it make this IOCTL framework specific to RDMA?
>
> - Sean
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2016-05-24 14:35 [RFC ABI 0/8] Netlink-based IOCTLs RDMA ABI Leon Romanovsky
[not found] ` <1464100526-31730-1-git-send-email-leonro-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2016-05-24 14:35 ` [RFC ABI 1/8] IB/core: Export RDMA IOCTL declarations Leon Romanovsky
[not found] ` <1464100526-31730-2-git-send-email-leonro-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2016-05-24 19:46 ` Hefty, Sean
[not found] ` <1828884A29C6694DAF28B7E6B8A82373AB05008A-P5GAC/sN6hkd3b2yrw5b5LfspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2016-05-24 19:49 ` Leon Romanovsky
2016-05-24 14:35 ` [RFC ABI 2/8] lib/nlattr: Add parsing netlink and validate using callback Leon Romanovsky
2016-05-24 14:35 ` [RFC ABI 3/8] IB/core: Adding netlink based udata Leon Romanovsky
2016-05-24 14:35 ` [RFC ABI 4/8] IB/core: Add DIRECT ioctl call to vendor Leon Romanovsky
2016-05-24 14:35 ` [RFC ABI 5/8] IB/core: Add new ioctl for VERBS commands with netlink style parsing Leon Romanovsky
2016-05-24 14:35 ` [RFC ABI 6/8] IB/core: Add outptr to udata in order to track the output size Leon Romanovsky
2016-05-24 14:35 ` [RFC ABI 7/8] IB/core: Refactor idr to a shared file Leon Romanovsky
2016-05-24 14:35 ` [RFC ABI 8/8] IB/core: Implement device_create with the new ABI Leon Romanovsky
[not found] ` <1464100526-31730-9-git-send-email-leonro-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2016-05-24 20:04 ` Hefty, Sean
[not found] ` <1828884A29C6694DAF28B7E6B8A82373AB0500F1-P5GAC/sN6hkd3b2yrw5b5LfspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2016-05-24 21:53 ` Jason Gunthorpe
[not found] ` <20160524215335.GE7950-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-05-24 22:02 ` Hefty, Sean
[not found] ` <1828884A29C6694DAF28B7E6B8A82373AB05024F-P5GAC/sN6hkd3b2yrw5b5LfspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2016-05-24 22:11 ` Jason Gunthorpe
[not found] ` <20160524221118.GG7950-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-05-24 22:24 ` Hefty, Sean
2016-05-24 22:07 ` Jason Gunthorpe
[not found] ` <20160524220720.GF7950-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-05-26 6:00 ` Leon Romanovsky
2016-05-26 13:24 ` Matan Barak
[not found] ` <CAAKD3BDVFs4rivq1qEih-Z5uOMSVp=OuwDaVroK=UjAhcj6wsg-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2016-05-26 17:30 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2016-05-24 19:37 ` [RFC ABI 0/8] Netlink-based IOCTLs RDMA ABI Hefty, Sean
[not found] ` <1828884A29C6694DAF28B7E6B8A82373AB05004F-P5GAC/sN6hkd3b2yrw5b5LfspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2016-05-24 21:01 ` Jason Gunthorpe
[not found] ` <20160524210132.GB7950-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-05-24 21:16 ` Hefty, Sean
[not found] ` <1828884A29C6694DAF28B7E6B8A82373AB0501E2-P5GAC/sN6hkd3b2yrw5b5LfspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2016-05-24 21:31 ` Steve Wise
2016-05-24 21:49 ` Jason Gunthorpe
[not found] ` <20160524214951.GC7950-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-05-24 21:59 ` Hefty, Sean
[not found] ` <1828884A29C6694DAF28B7E6B8A82373AB05023F-P5GAC/sN6hkd3b2yrw5b5LfspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2016-05-24 22:30 ` Jason Gunthorpe
[not found] ` <20160524223052.GI7950-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-05-24 22:44 ` Hefty, Sean
2016-05-26 15:18 ` Matan Barak
[not found] ` <CAAKD3BA3fxgHwSXg__9LAPo7E4-7NY7h7Gea5+1GCg11ydn2kQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2016-05-26 17:22 ` Jason Gunthorpe
[not found] ` <20160526172244.GC27115-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-05-26 22:53 ` Hefty, Sean
[not found] ` <1828884A29C6694DAF28B7E6B8A82373AB05BB5D-P5GAC/sN6hkd3b2yrw5b5LfspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2016-05-26 23:36 ` Jason Gunthorpe
[not found] ` <20160526233612.GA4396-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-05-27 0:46 ` Hefty, Sean
[not found] ` <1828884A29C6694DAF28B7E6B8A82373AB05BC0C-P5GAC/sN6hkd3b2yrw5b5LfspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2016-05-27 13:19 ` Leon Romanovsky
[not found] ` <20160527131956.GY25500-2ukJVAZIZ/Y@public.gmane.org>
2016-05-27 15:04 ` Hefty, Sean
[not found] ` <1828884A29C6694DAF28B7E6B8A82373AB05BD12-P5GAC/sN6hkd3b2yrw5b5LfspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2016-05-29 8:16 ` Leon Romanovsky [this message]
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2016-05-31 17:56 ` Hefty, Sean
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2016-05-31 18:10 ` Leon Romanovsky
[not found] ` <20160531181012.GD7477-2ukJVAZIZ/Y@public.gmane.org>
2016-05-31 20:01 ` Hefty, Sean
[not found] ` <1828884A29C6694DAF28B7E6B8A82373AB05CBD5-P5GAC/sN6hkd3b2yrw5b5LfspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2016-06-01 11:18 ` Leon Romanovsky
2016-05-25 13:14 ` Leon Romanovsky
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