Re: [PATCH v2 iproute2-next 0/4] Introduce FRMR pools

[Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com>]

On Mon, Apr 27, 2026 at 11:20:25AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Sun, 5 Apr 2026 11:09:55 -0600
> David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On 3/30/26 11:31 AM, Chiara Meiohas wrote:
> > > From Michael: 
> > > 
> > > This series adds support for managing Fast Registration Memory Region
> > > (FRMR) pools in rdma tool, enabling users to monitor and configure FRMR
> > > pool behavior.
> > > 
> > > FRMR pools are used to cache and reuse Fast Registration Memory Region
> > > handles to improve performance by avoiding the overhead of repeated
> > > memory region creation and destruction. This series introduces commands
> > > to view FRMR pool statistics and configure pool parameters such as
> > > aging time and pinned handle count.
> > > 
> > > The 'show' command allows users to display FRMR pools created on
> > > devices, their properties, and usage statistics. Each pool is identified
> > > by a unique key (hex-encoded properties) for easy reference in
> > > subsequent operations.
> > > 
> > > The aging 'set' command allows users to modify the aging time parameter,
> > > which controls how long unused FRMR handles remain in the pool before
> > > being released.
> > > 
> > > The pinned 'set' command allows users to configure the number of pinned
> > > handles in a pool. Pinned handles are exempt from aging and remain
> > > permanently available for reuse, which is useful for workloads with
> > > predictable memory region usage patterns.
> > > 
> > > Command usage and examples are included in the commits and man pages.
> > > 
> > > These patches are complimentary to the kernel patches:
> > > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-rdma/20260226-frmr_pools-v4-0-95360b54f15e@nvidia.com/
> > >   
> > 
> > applied after fixing up a few nits.
> > 
> > Please clone the ai review prompts from:
> >   https://github.com/masoncl/review-prompts.git
> > 
> > Run the setup scripts and have ai review patches before sending. This
> > should really be part of both kernel and iproute2 development workflow now.
> 
> I rebased UAPI headers based on 7.1-rc1 and iproute2/rdma will not build.
> Looks like RDMA did not get merged in 7.1.
> 
> Will have to back it out if not going in 7.1

I see it here:

commit dbd0472fd7a5bdd0b86c21c36f8afa713baa7653
Author: Michael Guralnik <michaelgur@nvidia.com>
Date:   Thu Feb 26 15:52:16 2026 +0200

    RDMA/nldev: Expose kernel-internal FRMR pools in netlink
    
    Allow netlink users, through the usage of driver-details netlink
    attribute, to get information about internal FRMR pools that use the
    kernel_vendor_key FRMR key member.
    
    Signed-off-by: Michael Guralnik <michaelgur@nvidia.com>
    Reviewed-by: Patrisious Haddad <phaddad@nvidia.com>
    Signed-off-by: Edward Srouji <edwards@nvidia.com>
    Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260226-frmr_pools-v4-11-95360b54f15e@nvidia.com
    Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>

Did some part get missed?

Jason