netdev - Re: [PATCH for-next V7 00/10] Move RoCE GID management to IB/Core

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Date:	Fri, 31 Jul 2015 08:50:24 -0400
From:	Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>
To:	Or Gerlitz <gerlitz.or@...il.com>,
	Matan Barak <matanb@...lanox.com>,
	Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com>
Cc:	"linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
	Sean Hefty <sean.hefty@...el.com>,
	Somnath Kotur <Somnath.Kotur@...gotech.com>,
	Moni Shoua <monis@...lanox.com>,
	"talal@...lanox.com" <talal@...lanox.com>,
	Haggai Eran <haggaie@...lanox.com>,
	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH for-next V7 00/10] Move RoCE GID management to IB/Core

On 07/31/2015 05:40 AM, Or Gerlitz wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 6:33 PM, Matan Barak <matanb@...lanox.com> wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
>> Changes from V6:
>> (1) Addressed Jason's comments:
>>         (a) Cache is no longer a client but part of IB infrastructure
>>         (b) No need for READ_ONCE and flush_workqueue when tearing down
>>             the cache
> 
> Doug
> 
> So... are we ready to go with V7 upstream?

Yes.  I've already pulled it in.

> Or.
> 
> 
>> Changes from V5:
>> (1) Incoporate the changes to cache.c so we use the same infrastructure
>>     to manage both IB and RoCE (per Doug's request)
>> (2) Replace the locking mechanism in the IB core GID cache from seqcount +
>>     rcu to rwlock (addressing comments from Jason)
>> (3) get_netdev returns a helded (dev_hold) device
>> (4) Squashed the RocE GID table, RoCE GID management and default GID handling
>>     code into one patch (per Doug's request).
>> (5) Change modify_gid to add_gid and del_gid.
>> (6) set the netdev related changes into three dedicated patches and make
>>     them be 1st in the series.
>>
>> Changes from V4:
>> (1) Remove any API changes.
>> (2) Fixed a bug regarding bonding upper devices.
>> (3) Rebased ontop of Doug's k.o/for-4.2.
>>
>> Changes from V3:
>> (1) Remove RoCE V2 functionality (it will be sent at later patchset).
>> (2) Instead of removing qp_attr_mask flags, reserve them.
>> (3) Remove the kref from IB devices in favor of rwsem.
>> (4) Change the name of roce_gid_cache to roce_gid_table.
>> (5) Fix a race when roce_gid_table is free'd while getting events.
>> (6) Remove the roce_gid_cache active/inactive flag/API.


-- 
Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>
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