linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] RDMA/mlx5: return the EFAULT per ibv_advise

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Date:   Wed, 25 Aug 2021 14:28:44 -0300
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
To:     "Li, Zhijian" <lizhijian@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:     Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>,
        "dledford@...hat.com" <dledford@...hat.com>,
        "linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] RDMA/mlx5: return the EFAULT per ibv_advise_mr(3)

On Sat, Aug 21, 2021 at 05:44:43PM +0800, Li, Zhijian wrote:
> convert to text and send again
> 
> 
> Hi Jason & Leon
> 
> It reminds me that ibv_advise_mr doesn't mention ENOENT any more which value the API actually returns now.
> the ENOENT cases/situations returned by kernel mlx5 implementation is most likely same with EINVALL as its manpage[1].
> 
> So shall we return EINVAL instead of ENOENT in kernel side when get_prefetchable_mr returns NULL?

No, the man page should be fixed

Jason