From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Yishai Hadas Subject: Re: [PATCH V1 libibverbs 1/8] Add ibv_poll_cq_ex verb Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2016 10:01:11 +0200 Message-ID: <56CEB4C7.60607@dev.mellanox.co.il> References: <1456306924-31298-1-git-send-email-yishaih@mellanox.com> <1456306924-31298-2-git-send-email-yishaih@mellanox.com> <20160224190230.GA10588@obsidianresearch.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20160224190230.GA10588-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-rdma-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Jason Gunthorpe Cc: Yishai Hadas , dledford-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, linux-rdma-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, matanb-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org, majd-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org, talal-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org, ogerlitz-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org On 2/24/2016 9:02 PM, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 11:41:57AM +0200, Yishai Hadas wrote: > >> +enum { >> + IBV_WC_EX_WITH_8BIT_FIELDS = IBV_WC_EX_WITH_SL | >> + IBV_WC_EX_WITH_DLID_PATH_BITS >> +}; >> + >> +struct ibv_wc_ex { >> + uint64_t wr_id; >> + /* wc_flags is a combination of ibv_wc_flags_ex flags. The IBV_WC_EX_WITH_XXX >> + * flags dynamically define the valid fields in buffer[0]. >> + */ >> + uint64_t wc_flags; >> + uint32_t status; >> + uint32_t opcode; >> + uint32_t vendor_err; >> + uint32_t reserved; >> + uint8_t buffer[0]; >> +}; > > Um, maybe you should give an example of how on earth anyone is > supposed to use this, all of this looks like a *really bad idea* to > me. > The last patch is this series is a clear example of a typical usage of. It was added as part of rc_pingpong, please look at. In addition, there are detailed man pages that describe the idea/usage of the new verbs around, see patch #7. -- 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