From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jason Gunthorpe Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 iproute2-next 3/6] rdma: Add CM_ID resource tracking information Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2018 09:23:56 -0600 Message-ID: <20180327152356.GH12318@ziepe.ca> References: <743dc7a5306f9b3368fcd4c143cdd822250444a6.1520020530.git.swise@opengridcomputing.com> <0443b8e0-17ff-1e62-51ba-ba1fa0e0d529@opengridcomputing.com> <20180326211505.GF15554@ziepe.ca> <20180326223033.GK15554@ziepe.ca> <20180327032141.GS1877@mtr-leonro.local> <20180327144455.GG12318@ziepe.ca> <20180327151544.GZ1877@mtr-leonro.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Steve Wise , David Ahern , stephen@networkplumber.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org To: Leon Romanovsky Return-path: Received: from mail-wr0-f194.google.com ([209.85.128.194]:46871 "EHLO mail-wr0-f194.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751101AbeC0PYC (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Mar 2018 11:24:02 -0400 Received: by mail-wr0-f194.google.com with SMTP id d1so10796724wrj.13 for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2018 08:24:01 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20180327151544.GZ1877@mtr-leonro.local> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 06:15:44PM +0300, Leon Romanovsky wrote: > On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 08:44:55AM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 06:21:41AM +0300, Leon Romanovsky wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 04:30:33PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > > > On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 04:34:44PM -0500, Steve Wise wrote: > > > > > > > > > > On 3/26/2018 4:15 PM, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 09:30:41AM -0500, Steve Wise wrote: > > > > > >> > > > > > >> On 3/26/2018 9:17 AM, David Ahern wrote: > > > > > >>> On 2/27/18 9:07 AM, Steve Wise wrote: > > > > > >>>> diff --git a/rdma/rdma.h b/rdma/rdma.h > > > > > >>>> index 5809f70..e55205b 100644 > > > > > >>>> +++ b/rdma/rdma.h > > > > > >>>> @@ -18,10 +18,12 @@ > > > > > >>>> #include > > > > > >>>> #include > > > > > >>>> #include > > > > > >>>> +#include > > > > > >>>> > > > > > >>>> #include "list.h" > > > > > >>>> #include "utils.h" > > > > > >>>> #include "json_writer.h" > > > > > >>>> +#include > > > > > >>>> > > > > > >>> did you forget to add rdma_cma.h? I don't see that file in my repo. > > > > > >> It is provided by the rdma-core package, upon which rdma tool now > > > > > >> depends for the rdma_port_space enum. > > > > > > It is a kernel bug that enum is not in an include/uapi/rdma header > > > > > > > > > > > > Fix it there and don't try to use rdma-core headers to get kernel ABI. > > > > > > > > > > > > Jason > > > > > > > > > > I wish you'd commented on this just a little sooner.  I just resent v3 > > > > > of this series... with rdma_cma.h included. :) > > > > > > > > > > How about the restrack/nldev code just translates the port space from > > > > > enum rdma_port_space to a new ABI enum, say nldev_rdma_port_space, that > > > > > i add to rdma_netlink.h?  I'd hate to open the can of worms of trying to > > > > > split rdma_cma.h into uabi and no uabi headers. :( > > > > > > > > If port space is already part of the ABI there isn't much reason to > > > > translate it. > > > > > > > > You just need to pick the right header to put it in, since it is a verbs > > > > define it doesn't belong in the netlink header. > > > > > > I completely understand Steve's concerns. > > > > > > I tried to do such thing (expose kernel headers) in first incarnation of > > > rdmatool with attempt to clean IB/core as well to ensure that we won't expose > > > anything that is not implemented. It didn't go well. > > > > rdma-core is now using the kernel uapi/ headers natively, seems to be > > going OK. What problem did you face? > > I didn't agree to move to UAPI defines which are not implemented and not > used in the kernel, so I sent small number of patches similar to those [1, 2]. > > Those patches were rejected. > > So please don't mix Steve's need to use 3 defines with very large and > painful task to expose proper UAPIs. Steve can just move the 3 defines he needs to the uapi, we are doing this incrementally.. rdma_core does not define kernel ABI and it is totally wrong to use random constants from rdma_cma.h as kernel ABI. Jason