netdev - Re: [PATCH v1 net] net/mlx4: Avoid wrong virtual mappings

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Date:	Tue, 3 May 2016 21:15:19 +0300
From:	Or Gerlitz <gerlitz.or@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	Haggai Abramovsky <hagaya@...lanox.com>,
	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Sinan Kaya <okaya@...eaurora.org>,
	Timur Tabi <timur@...eaurora.org>,
	Eran Ben Elisha <eranbe@...lanox.com>,
	Yishai Hadas <yishaih@...lanox.com>,
	"talal@...lanox.com" <talal@...lanox.com>,
	Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 net] net/mlx4: Avoid wrong virtual mappings

On Tue, May 3, 2016, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
> From: Or Gerlitz <gerlitz.or@...il.com>

>> The patch changes the driver to do single allocation for potentially
>> very large HW WQE descriptor buffers such as those used by the RDMA
>> (mlx5_ib) driver.

> I know exactly what this patch does and how, but thanks for trying to
> teach me what it does anyways.

Dave,

This was more of a thinking out loud, not trying to teach you anything.

As I said, we're aiming for net-next, and as such the re-spin to
address your comment on bool vs int will be targeted there.

Or.