From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from out30-112.freemail.mail.aliyun.com (out30-112.freemail.mail.aliyun.com [115.124.30.112]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DA26870830; Tue, 9 Sep 2025 01:54:12 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=115.124.30.112 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1757382857; cv=none; b=nnvOGiy8AEAyHKzlNW/1TY9fcm1XuXM9F5ZhM9TXbT8G+9b++LfYK0BpwqylAzbK2MvGZUxecXkac7rmgVj3NzjXaaJnXahhWfGKSWKy3C+zHJpiQVi8mQQ8MRjE8jvt+9kcR5Kv28tTVlK3eioJ1/f6EgFYGl74Ww4Ti0zRvNU= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1757382857; c=relaxed/simple; bh=DUV0VbC0IispzH18xs6mxDQDf2FUPLvedX7XB0qlw/s=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=LBuad6tGJZOAa60BgIr5hYxGzLIR0KrYZ8AY3SQsuW1c8fPw2v0FTlzRRPjz9EVrpAiD3ZRCNCsIBH9RFHeYKeckEQnBhbqdArBQH7NgTlAkAjWKwiH7O1eyDaiKu7usYYT20esPYFkdCx/8Grvl+w6IFjPoC5NuQcGwIjcD2Lw= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=linux.alibaba.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=linux.alibaba.com; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linux.alibaba.com header.i=@linux.alibaba.com header.b=GgfGFxGO; arc=none smtp.client-ip=115.124.30.112 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=linux.alibaba.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=linux.alibaba.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linux.alibaba.com header.i=@linux.alibaba.com header.b="GgfGFxGO" DKIM-Signature:v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linux.alibaba.com; s=default; t=1757382850; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:MIME-Version:Content-Type; bh=BHNzWY7LLHrhrHNzpP3tvkmBTEprGJ4zhMbAFa1FifU=; b=GgfGFxGOdFGw7xMdZrF/A/KI+F002hANbr2IFcOIAfHu9qsa9gJrOA1zt7siERvSByQgYN8g0Bu3PQGO4Cy95z/rdCaR5USLH3/QDp1JW/8+fwqjQj3RDqW0yucjMWQjS814K1aWDeSUb1bvNgY0tEqZojse9oF8pRnne6AAWgU= Received: from localhost(mailfrom:dust.li@linux.alibaba.com fp:SMTPD_---0Wnbr8Bw_1757382849 cluster:ay36) by smtp.aliyun-inc.com; Tue, 09 Sep 2025 09:54:09 +0800 Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2025 09:54:09 +0800 From: Dust Li To: Alexandra Winter , "D. Wythe" , Sidraya Jayagond , Wenjia Zhang , David Miller , Jakub Kicinski , Paolo Abeni , Eric Dumazet , Andrew Lunn Cc: Julian Ruess , Aswin Karuvally , Halil Pasic , Mahanta Jambigi , Tony Lu , Wen Gu , linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, Heiko Carstens , Vasily Gorbik , Alexander Gordeev , Christian Borntraeger , Sven Schnelle , Simon Horman Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 03/14] net/dibs: Create net/dibs Message-ID: Reply-To: dust.li@linux.alibaba.com References: <20250905145428.1962105-1-wintera@linux.ibm.com> <20250905145428.1962105-4-wintera@linux.ibm.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20250905145428.1962105-4-wintera@linux.ibm.com> On 2025-09-05 16:54:16, Alexandra Winter wrote: >Create an 'DIBS' shim layer that will provide generic functionality and >declarations for dibs device drivers and dibs clients. > >Following patches will add functionality. > >Signed-off-by: Alexandra Winter >--- > MAINTAINERS | 7 +++++++ > include/linux/dibs.h | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > net/Kconfig | 1 + > net/Makefile | 1 + > net/dibs/Kconfig | 12 ++++++++++++ > net/dibs/Makefile | 7 +++++++ > net/dibs/dibs_main.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 7 files changed, 107 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 include/linux/dibs.h > create mode 100644 net/dibs/Kconfig > create mode 100644 net/dibs/Makefile > create mode 100644 net/dibs/dibs_main.c I recall we previously discussed the issue of which directory to place it in, and I don't have any strong preference regarding this. However, I'm not sure whether we reached an agreement on this point. In my opinion, placing it under the drivers/ directory seems more reasonable. But if net/ is OK, that works for me too. Best regards, Dust