netdev - RE: [RFC 15/20] RDMA/irdma: Add miscellaneous utility definitions

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Date:   Thu, 26 Sep 2019 19:49:33 +0000
From:   "Saleem, Shiraz" <shiraz.saleem@...el.com>
To:     Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>,
        "Kirsher, Jeffrey T" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
CC:     "dledford@...hat.com" <dledford@...hat.com>,
        "jgg@...lanox.com" <jgg@...lanox.com>,
        "gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Ismail, Mustafa" <mustafa.ismail@...el.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [RFC 15/20] RDMA/irdma: Add miscellaneous utility definitions

> Subject: Re: [RFC 15/20] RDMA/irdma: Add miscellaneous utility definitions
> 
> On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 09:45:14AM -0700, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> > From: Mustafa Ismail <mustafa.ismail@...el.com>
> >
> > Add miscellaneous utility functions and headers.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Mustafa Ismail <mustafa.ismail@...el.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Shiraz Saleem <shiraz.saleem@...el.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/osdep.h  |  108 ++
> >  drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/protos.h |   96 ++
> >  drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/status.h |   70 +
> >  drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/utils.c  | 2333
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  4 files changed, 2607 insertions(+)
> >  create mode 100644 drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/osdep.h
> >  create mode 100644 drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/protos.h
> >  create mode 100644 drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/status.h
> >  create mode 100644 drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/utils.c
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/osdep.h
> > b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/osdep.h
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 000000000000..5885b6fa413d
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/osdep.h
> > @@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
> > +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 or Linux-OpenIB */
> > +/* Copyright (c) 2019, Intel Corporation. */
> > +
> > +#ifndef IRDMA_OSDEP_H
> > +#define IRDMA_OSDEP_H
> > +
> > +#include <linux/version.h>
> > +#include <linux/kernel.h>
> > +#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
> > +#include <linux/string.h>
> > +#include <linux/bitops.h>
> > +#include <linux/pci.h>
> > +#include <net/tcp.h>
> > +#include <crypto/hash.h>
> > +/* get readq/writeq support for 32 bit kernels, use the low-first
> > +version */ #include <linux/io-64-nonatomic-lo-hi.h>
> > +
> > +#define MAKEMASK(m, s) ((m) << (s))
> 
> It is a little bit over-macro.
> 

Why is this a problem?
We are not translating any basic kernel construct here.