netdev - Re: [PATCH rdma-next 0/3] Packet based credit mode

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Message-ID: <20181207032706.GA20134@ziepe.ca>
Date:   Thu, 6 Dec 2018 20:27:06 -0700
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
To:     Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
Cc:     Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>,
        Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...lanox.com>,
        RDMA mailing list <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
        Danit Goldberg <danitg@...lanox.com>,
        Majd Dibbiny <majd@...lanox.com>,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>,
        linux-netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH rdma-next 0/3]  Packet based credit mode

On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 01:22:03PM +0200, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...lanox.com>
> 
> >From Danit,
> 
> Packet based credit mode is an alternative end-to-end credit mode for QPs
> set during their creation. Credits are transported from the responder
> to the requester to optimize the use of its receive resources.
> In packet-based credit mode, credits are issued on a per packet basis.
> 
> The advantage of this feature comes while sending large RDMA messages
> through switches that are short in memory.
> 
> The first commit exposes QP creation flag and the HCA capability. The
> second commit adds support for a new DV QP creation flag. The last
> commit report packet based credit mode capability via the MLX5DV device
> capabilities.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Danit Goldberg (3):
>   net/mlx5: Expose packet based credit mode
>   IB/mlx5: Add packet based credit mode support
>   IB/mlx5: Report packet based credit mode device capability

This looks fine to me, can you update the shared branch please

Thanks,
Jason