linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH rdma-next 08/10] RDMA/rxe: Implement flush execution in responder side

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Message-ID: <20220111204826.GK6467@ziepe.ca>
Date:   Tue, 11 Jan 2022 16:48:26 -0400
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
To:     "lizhijian@...itsu.com" <lizhijian@...itsu.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH rdma-next 08/10] RDMA/rxe: Implement flush execution
 in responder side

On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 05:34:36AM +0000, lizhijian@...itsu.com wrote:

> Yes, that's true. that's because only pmem has ability to persist data.
> So do you mean we don't need to prevent user to create/register a persistent
> access flag to a non-pmem MR? it would be a bit confusing if so.

Since these extensions seem to have a mode that is unrelated to
persistent memory, I'm not sure it makes sense to link the two things.

Jason