linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/9] srpt: use the new CQ API

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Message-ID: <20151118140315.GF18820@lst.de>
Date:	Wed, 18 Nov 2015 15:03:15 +0100
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:	Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@...disk.com>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
	sagig@....mellanox.co.il, axboe@...com, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/9] srpt: use the new CQ API

On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 11:38:48AM -0800, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> On 11/13/2015 05:46 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>> [ ... ]
>
> This patch contains two logical changes:
> - Conversion to the new CQ API.
> - Removal of the ib_srpt_compl thread.
>
> Had it been considered to implement these changes as two separate patches ?

It's intentional.  I want the new style completions to happen from
a controlled environment, so I don't want to allow calling them from
random context.
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