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Wythe" , Sidraya Jayagond , Wenjia Zhang , David Miller , Jakub Kicinski , Paolo Abeni , Eric Dumazet , Andrew Lunn Cc: 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 References: <20250905145428.1962105-1-wintera@linux.ibm.com> <20250905145428.1962105-4-wintera@linux.ibm.com> Content-Language: en-US From: Alexandra Winter In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-TM-AS-GCONF: 00 X-Proofpoint-GUID: t8NwpX26Nyd3L1CsslNreD9hiSbtlRID X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.4 cv=Mp1S63ae c=1 sm=1 tr=0 ts=68c2a7f2 cx=c_pps a=bLidbwmWQ0KltjZqbj+ezA==:117 a=bLidbwmWQ0KltjZqbj+ezA==:17 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=yJojWOMRYYMA:10 a=VnNF1IyMAAAA:8 a=c1AFN8GM_vvGFmY8fb4A:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 X-Proofpoint-ORIG-GUID: 8v43vAMjN1qyz7QI6JcZ2nXXMNCy8ido X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details-Enc: AW1haW4tMjUwOTA2MDAwMCBTYWx0ZWRfX5/aHh2zAO+bQ OPz1SRMhUuM8T+Fiv9t88lVgIRQJB8qUk87Q1pIbt2CXAuE/frcXAwIeHphoyPuuopXhrmjSyoH 1/YLQZB8GTIsNIF4TQ3FegDop/SmmdScty7QIpEkZDGO4rOhysZR/Fqdml0cJqKJxbMZJ4+pL6A v5Ai/xAcjQyzgeoqCaZeEGyv3l+XUjpo/FjBQEEJsuDqr7ydU6uZKd8+IBEvpcnSQTViehItHOO OCPdqQ0tZf7SE7TBBNd5SwJdEL5JKL9u16DK5fr6xexqu7Q5/bD7zcQdCUlE1AK5jgmU1vhQww7 siM9kwAcjxh0jfXCqifYmExSdwvm5j4QNA5zTLvRoPte1d/AbbCA1d6G71/N2urktmp1+iuzwi6 ELZqclgV X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=baseguard engine=ICAP:2.0.293,Aquarius:18.0.1117,Hydra:6.1.9,FMLib:17.12.80.40 definitions=2025-09-10_04,2025-09-11_01,2025-03-28_01 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=outbound_notspam policy=outbound score=0 impostorscore=0 malwarescore=0 clxscore=1015 phishscore=0 spamscore=0 adultscore=0 priorityscore=1501 bulkscore=0 suspectscore=0 classifier=typeunknown authscore=0 authtc= authcc= route=outbound adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.19.0-2507300000 definitions=main-2509060000 On 10.09.25 09:34, Julian Ruess wrote: > On Tue Sep 9, 2025 at 9:36 AM CEST, Alexandra Winter wrote: >> >> >> On 09.09.25 03:54, Dust Li wrote: >>> 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 >>> >>> >> >> You mean like drivers/infiniband that provides sys/class/infiniband? >> I don't have any strong feelings about where to place the directory. >> Are there any practical consequences? >> Other opinions? > > I agree with Dust. Since we are planning to also have non-networking use-cases, > it would be better to place it in drivers/. Moving to drivers/dibs/ in next version