From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: Andrew Grover <andy.grover@gmail.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, rds-devel@oss.oracle.com,
Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>,
general@lists.openfabrics.org
Subject: Re: [ofa-general] [PATCH 0/26] Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS), take 2
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 06:56:08 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090228055608.GB26292@one.firstfloor.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c0a09e5c0902271753n1a522647g6e7ac5465149c5a4@mail.gmail.com>
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 05:53:19PM -0800, Andrew Grover wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 9:08 AM, Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> wrote:
> >> This patchset against net-next adds support for RDS sockets. RDS is an
> >> Oracle-originated protocol used to send IPC datagrams (up to 1MB)
> >> reliably, and is used currently in Oracle RAC and Exadata products.
> >
> > Perhaps I missed it earlier, but what is the rationale for putting
> > this as a socket type into the kernel? I assume they also work
> > directly as implemented in user space using raw sockets or similar,
> > don't they?
>
> You want me to implement my fancy protocol in userspace???
I just asked why you're putting it in kernel space.
> Do I even get to write it in C or do I need to use Ruby?
Well normally people who add new subsystems to the kernel explain
why they do that. Perhaps it's obvious to you, but at least to
me it isn't.
-Andi
--
ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-02-28 5:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 48+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-02-25 1:30 [ofa-general] [PATCH 0/26] Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS), take 2 Andy Grover
2009-02-25 1:30 ` [ofa-general] [PATCH 01/26] RDS: Socket interface Andy Grover
2009-02-25 1:30 ` [PATCH 02/26] RDS: Main header file Andy Grover
2009-02-25 1:30 ` [PATCH 03/26] RDS: Congestion-handling code Andy Grover
2009-02-25 1:30 ` [PATCH 04/26] RDS: Transport code Andy Grover
2009-02-25 1:30 ` [PATCH 05/26] RDS: Info and stats Andy Grover
2009-02-25 1:30 ` [PATCH 06/26] RDS: Connection handling Andy Grover
2009-02-25 1:30 ` [PATCH 07/26] RDS: loopback Andy Grover
2009-02-25 1:30 ` [PATCH 08/26] RDS: sysctls Andy Grover
2009-02-25 1:30 ` [PATCH 09/26] RDS: Message parsing Andy Grover
2009-02-25 1:30 ` [PATCH 10/26] RDS: send.c Andy Grover
2009-02-25 1:30 ` [PATCH 11/26] RDS: recv.c Andy Grover
2009-02-25 1:30 ` [PATCH 12/26] RDS: RDMA support Andy Grover
2009-02-25 1:30 ` [PATCH 13/26] RDS/IB: Infiniband transport Andy Grover
2009-02-25 1:30 ` [PATCH 14/26] RDS/IB: Ring-handling code Andy Grover
2009-02-25 1:30 ` [PATCH 15/26] RDS/IB: Implement RDMA ops using FMRs Andy Grover
2009-02-25 1:30 ` [PATCH 16/26] RDS/IB: Implement IB-specific datagram send Andy Grover
2009-02-25 1:30 ` [PATCH 17/26] RDS/IB: Receive datagrams via IB Andy Grover
2009-02-25 1:30 ` [PATCH 18/26] RDS/IB: Stats and sysctls Andy Grover
2009-02-25 1:30 ` [PATCH 19/26] RDS: Add iWARP support Andy Grover
2009-02-25 1:30 ` [PATCH 20/26] RDS: Common RDMA transport code Andy Grover
2009-02-25 1:30 ` [PATCH 21/26] RDS: Documentation Andy Grover
2009-02-25 1:30 ` [PATCH 22/26] RDS: Kconfig and Makefile Andy Grover
2009-02-25 1:30 ` [PATCH 23/26] RDS: Add AF and PF #defines for RDS sockets Andy Grover
2009-02-25 7:26 ` [ofa-general] " David Miller
2009-02-25 11:36 ` Rémi Denis-Courmont
2009-02-25 11:58 ` David Miller
2009-02-25 18:45 ` Andrew Grover
2009-02-25 1:30 ` [PATCH 24/26] RDS: Add MAINTAINERS entry Andy Grover
2009-02-25 1:30 ` [PATCH 25/26] RDS: Add userspace header Andy Grover
2009-02-25 1:30 ` [PATCH 26/26] RDS: Add RDS to AF key strings Andy Grover
2009-02-25 7:28 ` [PATCH 0/26] Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS), take 2 David Miller
2009-02-25 8:04 ` [ofa-general] " Or Gerlitz
2009-02-25 8:06 ` David Miller
2009-02-25 9:46 ` Or Gerlitz
2009-02-25 18:16 ` Roland Dreier
2009-02-25 18:43 ` Andrew Grover
2009-02-25 21:45 ` [ofa-general] " David Miller
2009-02-27 8:01 ` David Miller
2009-02-27 18:21 ` Andrew Grover
2009-02-27 17:08 ` [ofa-general] " Andi Kleen
2009-02-28 1:53 ` ***SPAM*** " Andrew Grover
2009-02-28 5:56 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2009-02-28 20:44 ` Andrew Grover
2009-02-28 22:36 ` Andi Kleen
2009-03-01 0:58 ` ***SPAM*** " Andrew Grover
2009-03-01 1:50 ` Andi Kleen
2009-03-03 22:19 ` ***SPAM*** " Andrew Grover
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