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Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 00:49:44 +0000 From: "Hefty, Sean" <sean.hefty@...el.com> To: Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com> CC: Haggai Eran <haggaie@...lanox.com>, Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>, "linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>, "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Liran Liss <liranl@...lanox.com>, Guy Shapiro <guysh@...lanox.com>, Shachar Raindel <raindel@...lanox.com>, Yotam Kenneth <yotamke@...lanox.com> Subject: RE: [PATCH v3 for-next 05/13] IB/cm: Reference count ib_cm_ids > > I wonder if the existing ib_cm interface is even what we want. > > Currently, the rdma_cm pushes the private data (i.e. IP address) > > comparison into the ib_cm. This is only used by the rdma_cm. > > Should that instead be moved out of the ib_cm and handled in the > > rdma_cm? And then update the ib_cm to support multiple listens on > > the same service id. > > Well, that really is the problem here, the private data compare > doesn't really do enough because rdma cm wildcard's the IP address and > does it's own check anyhow. So I see all of this as different > proposals on how to fix that. rdma_cm basically already does most of > the private data compare itself. Maybe the first thing to fix is this. Since the private data compare is no longer sufficient, remove it and update the rdma_cm to handle the change. Regardless of how the code ends up structured, the namespace support should then easily fit into that solution. - Sean -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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