linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH rdma-next] RDMA/rdmavt: Decouple QP and SGE lists allocations

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Date:   Wed, 19 May 2021 10:50:22 +0300
From:   Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
To:     Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
Cc:     "Marciniszyn, Mike" <mike.marciniszyn@...nelisnetworks.com>,
        "Dalessandro, Dennis" <dennis.dalessandro@...nelisnetworks.com>,
        Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH rdma-next] RDMA/rdmavt: Decouple QP and SGE lists
 allocations

On Fri, May 14, 2021 at 12:02:37PM -0300, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Fri, May 14, 2021 at 03:00:37PM +0000, Marciniszyn, Mike wrote:
> > > The core stuff in ib_qp is not performance sensitive and has no obvious node
> > > affinity since it relates primarily to simple control stuff.
> > > 
> > 
> > The current rvt_qp "inherits" from ib_qp, so the fields in the
> > "control" stuff are performance critical especially for receive
> > processing and have historically live in the same allocation.
> 
> This is why I said "core stuff in ib_qp" if drivers are adding
> performance stuff to their own structs then that is the driver's
> responsibility to handle.

Can I learn from this response that node aware allocation is not needed,
and this patch can go as is.

Thanks