netdev - Re: [PATCH v5 00/16] Add Paravirtual RDMA Driver

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Date:   Mon, 26 Sep 2016 14:16:20 -0700
From:   Adit Ranadive <aditr@...are.com>
To:     Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com>
CC:     Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>, <dledford@...hat.com>,
        <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>, <pv-drivers@...are.com>,
        <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
        <jhansen@...are.com>, <asarwade@...are.com>,
        <georgezhang@...are.com>, <bryantan@...are.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 00/16] Add Paravirtual RDMA Driver

On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 14:07:24PM -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 01:40:10PM -0700, Adit Ranadive wrote:
> 
> > Wouldnt they be some overlap between the user-space and kernel driver? Or is
> > it expected that the common structures (even device specific ones) be moved to
> > the ABI file?
> 
> Yes, even device specific structures must be in the abi file. Anything
> that is used with copy_to_user/copy_from_user/etc.
> 

Ok. Will make sure we consolidate the common stuff in the ABI file in the 
next version.

Thanks,
Adit