From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jason Gunthorpe Subject: Re: [PATCH libibverbs 1/3] Add new call ibv_cmd_create_ah_ex which supports extra parameters Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2016 20:38:17 -0600 Message-ID: <20160905023817.GD21542@obsidianresearch.com> References: <1472713193-22397-1-git-send-email-knut.omang@oracle.com> <1472713193-22397-2-git-send-email-knut.omang@oracle.com> <20160901164939.GD6479@obsidianresearch.com> <1472750558.9410.230.camel@oracle.com> <20160901180512.GB20098@obsidianresearch.com> <1472754220.9410.236.camel@oracle.com> <20160902020642.GA30057@obsidianresearch.com> <1472802582.3975.16.camel@oracle.com> <1472887840.9410.364.camel@oracle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1472887840.9410.364.camel-QHcLZuEGTsvQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-rdma-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Knut Omang Cc: Doug Ledford , linux-rdma-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, Mukesh Kacker , Matan Barak , Yishai Hadas List-Id: linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Sep 03, 2016 at 09:30:40AM +0200, Knut Omang wrote: > Looking more closely at this whole problem, I think for my patch, > the right solution is just to avoid adding a new function name and > instead provide a redefinition of the original symbol with a new version > using the __asm__(".symver ...) construct already nicely used for v.1.0 > bw compatibility - just following the pattern already established. That is possible, but to date we have never done that and have continued to preserve source compatability for providers. I agree the providers should be updated, but I don't see this being practical until after rdma-plumbing is in place.. So I suggest you proceed as you have with the fixed symbol version. 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