linux-kernel - Re: Unwired pvrdma_modify

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Message-ID: <Z8celFfGXR8P6Mk8@gallifrey>
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2025 15:39:00 +0000
From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <linux@...blig.org>
To: Bryan Tan <bryan-bt.tan@...adcom.com>
Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>, vishnu.dasa@...adcom.com,
	leon@...nel.org, bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com,
	linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Unwired pvrdma_modify_device ?

* Bryan Tan (bryan-bt.tan@...adcom.com) wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM Dr. David Alan Gilbert <linux@...blig.org>
> wrote:
> > * Jason Gunthorpe (jgg@...pe.ca) wrote:
> > > On Sun, Mar 02, 2025 at 10:05:11PM +0000, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >   I noticed that pvrdma_modify_device() in
> > > >    drivers/infiniband/hw/vmw_pvrdma/pvrdma_verbs.c
> > > > isn't called anywhere; shouldn't it be wired up in pvrdma_dev_ops ?
> > > >
> > > > (I've not got VMWare anywhere to try it on, and don't know the innards
> > > > of RDMA drivers; so can't really test it).
> >
> > Hi Jason,
> >   Thanks for the reply,
> >
> > > Seems probably right
> > >
> > > But at this point I'd just delete it unless pvrdma maintainers say
> > > otherwise in the next week
> >
> > OK, lets see if they wake up.
> >
> > Dave
> 
> Thanks David for bringing this up. You're right, it looks like we
> never wired it up to pvrdma_dev_ops. Feel free to remove it.

Hi Bryan,
  Thanks for the reply - OK, I'll send a patch later to remove it.

Dave

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