linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 rdma-next] RDMA/mlx5: Enable Relaxed Ordering by default for kernel ULPs

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Message-ID: <ACCBE9AD-9A59-4300-A872-69EDBB4D4203@oracle.com>
Date:   Wed, 9 Jun 2021 14:37:06 +0000
From:   Chuck Lever III <chuck.lever@...cle.com>
To:     David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
CC:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>,
        Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>,
        Avihai Horon <avihaih@...dia.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
        Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>,
        Tom Talpey <tom@...pey.com>,
        Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@...cle.com>,
        Keith Busch <kbusch@...nel.org>,
        Honggang LI <honli@...hat.com>,
        Max Gurtovoy <mgurtovoy@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 rdma-next] RDMA/mlx5: Enable Relaxed Ordering by
 default for kernel ULPs

Hi David-

> On Jun 9, 2021, at 10:10 AM, David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM> wrote:
> 
> And I still don't know what a ULP is.

Upper Layer Protocol.

That's a generic term for an RDMA verbs consumer, like NVMe or
RPC-over-RDMA.


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Chuck Lever