From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
To: Leon Romanovsky <leon-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
Cc: "Hefty,
Sean" <sean.hefty-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
Steve Wise
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'Yishai Hadas'
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'Doug Ledford' <dledford-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
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'Matan Barak' <matanb-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>,
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Subject: Re: Upcoming libibverbs release
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2016 12:30:42 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160629183042.GC17031@obsidianresearch.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160629051956.GG3584-2ukJVAZIZ/Y@public.gmane.org>
On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 08:19:56AM +0300, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 09:26:38PM +0000, Hefty, Sean wrote:
> > > The fundamental question is if it is acceptable for libibverbs to ship
> > > a new core provider agnostic API (cq polling) that is optional
> > > depending on provider.
> > >
> > > I say no, that is not acceptable.
> >
> > I agree - there's no compelling argument that the new calls can't work over all providers.
>
> I agree too, this is why code is provided and nothing stops from other provider to support it.
That isn't what I said, and it isn't what everyone is agreeing with.
I said an optinal API is not acceptable to ship.
That means 'nothing stops' is not enough - the patch author and
maintainer have the responsibility to ensure all providers work with
the API before shipping it.
Jason
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2016-06-23 16:51 Upcoming libibverbs release Doug Ledford
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2016-06-24 11:50 ` Yishai Hadas
2016-06-26 16:54 ` Yishai Hadas
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2016-06-27 18:17 ` Jason Gunthorpe
[not found] ` <20160627181758.GD23540-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-06-28 5:02 ` Leon Romanovsky
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2016-06-28 15:52 ` Knut Omang
[not found] ` <1467129133.8638.75.camel-QHcLZuEGTsvQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2016-06-28 16:22 ` Leon Romanovsky
2016-06-28 16:20 ` Jason Gunthorpe
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2016-06-28 17:05 ` Leon Romanovsky
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2016-06-28 19:12 ` Steve Wise
2016-06-28 21:14 ` Jason Gunthorpe
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2016-06-28 21:26 ` Hefty, Sean
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2016-06-29 5:19 ` Leon Romanovsky
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2016-06-29 18:30 ` Jason Gunthorpe [this message]
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2016-06-30 18:17 ` Liran Liss
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2016-06-30 19:07 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2016-07-19 19:57 ` Doug Ledford
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2016-07-19 20:09 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2016-06-28 21:18 ` Jason Gunthorpe
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2016-06-29 5:15 ` Leon Romanovsky
[not found] ` <20160629051507.GF3584-2ukJVAZIZ/Y@public.gmane.org>
2016-06-29 17:07 ` Knut Omang
[not found] ` <1467220072.8638.166.camel-QHcLZuEGTsvQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2016-06-29 18:59 ` Yishai Hadas
2016-06-29 12:09 ` Christoph Hellwig
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2016-06-29 18:34 ` Jason Gunthorpe
[not found] ` <20160629183414.GD17031-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-06-29 18:46 ` Steve Wise
2016-06-29 18:57 ` Jason Gunthorpe
[not found] ` <20160629185757.GA17839-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-06-29 19:15 ` Steve Wise
2016-06-29 19:21 ` Hefty, Sean
[not found] ` <1828884A29C6694DAF28B7E6B8A82373AB06699A-P5GAC/sN6hkd3b2yrw5b5LfspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2016-06-29 19:25 ` Steve Wise
2016-06-29 20:34 ` Hefty, Sean
[not found] ` <1828884A29C6694DAF28B7E6B8A82373AB0669F5-P5GAC/sN6hkd3b2yrw5b5LfspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2016-06-29 20:44 ` Steve Wise
2016-06-29 20:54 ` Steve Wise
2016-06-29 21:40 ` Doug Ledford
[not found] ` <1d03eaca-142a-3912-badf-aa9b14f6b2f6-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2016-06-29 22:03 ` Steve Wise
2016-06-29 19:27 ` Jason Gunthorpe
[not found] ` <20160629192730.GA18394-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-06-29 20:40 ` Doug Ledford
2016-06-28 13:26 ` Yishai Hadas
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