netdev - Re: [PATCH rdma-next 01/10] RDMA: Add access flags to ib_alloc_mr() and ib_mr_pool

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Message-ID: <20210406052717.GA4835@lst.de>
Date:   Tue, 6 Apr 2021 07:27:17 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH rdma-next 01/10] RDMA: Add access flags to
 ib_alloc_mr() and ib_mr_pool_init()

On Tue, Apr 06, 2021 at 08:23:28AM +0300, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> The same proposal (enable unconditionally) was raised during
> submission preparations and we decided to follow same pattern
> as other verbs objects which receive flag parameter.

A flags argument can be added when it actually is needed.  Using it
to pass an argument enabled by all ULPs just gets us back to the bad
old days of complete crap APIs someone drew up on a whiteboard.

I think we need to:

 a) document the semantics
 b) sort out any technical concerns
 c) just enable the damn thing

instead of requiring some form of cargo culting.