Re: [PATCH net] s390/ism: ism driver implies smc protocol

[Wen Gu <guwen@linux.alibaba.com>]

On 2023/11/14 17:17, Gerd Bayer wrote:
> Since commit a72178cfe855 ("net/smc: Fix dependency of SMC on ISM")
> you can build the ism code without selecting the SMC network protocol.
> That leaves some ism functions be reported as unused. Move these
> functions under the conditional compile with CONFIG_SMC.
> 
> Also codify the suggestion to also configure the SMC protocol in ism's
> Kconfig - but with an "imply" rather than a "select" as SMC depends on
> other config options and allow for a deliberate decision not to build
> SMC. Also, mention that in ISM's help.
> 
> Fixes: a72178cfe855 ("net/smc: Fix dependency of SMC on ISM")
> Reported-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/afd142a2-1fa0-46b9-8b2d-7652d41d3ab8@infradead.org/
> Signed-off-by: Gerd Bayer <gbayer@linux.ibm.com>
> Reviewed-by: Wenjia Zhang <wenjia@linux.ibm.com>
> ---
> 
> Hi Randy,
> 
> sorry for the long wait. We had some internal discussions about how to
> tackle this and decided to send out the short-term solution first and
> work on better isolating the ISM device and SMC protocol together
> with the work to extend ISM,
> e.g. at https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/1695568613-125057-1-git-send-email-guwen@linux.alibaba.com/
> 

Hi, Gerd

I like the idea of better isolating ISM and SMC, both from a compilation perspective
and a code perspective. If I come up with any ideas during extending ISM, I will give
a feedback.

Thanks and Regards,
Wen Gu

> Cheers, Gerd
>