netdev - Re: [PATCH rdma-next v2 0/5] Get rid of custom made module dependency

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Date:   Mon, 19 Apr 2021 14:38:09 -0300
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
To:     Devesh Sharma <devesh.sharma@...adcom.com>
Cc:     Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>,
        Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        linux-rdma <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
        Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>,
        Naresh Kumar PBS <nareshkumar.pbs@...adcom.com>,
        Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Selvin Xavier <selvin.xavier@...adcom.com>,
        Somnath Kotur <somnath.kotur@...adcom.com>,
        Sriharsha Basavapatna <sriharsha.basavapatna@...adcom.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH rdma-next v2 0/5] Get rid of custom made module dependency

On Sun, Apr 18, 2021 at 12:09:16AM +0530, Devesh Sharma wrote:

> The host crash I indicated earlier is actually caused by patch 4 and
> not by patch 3 from this series. I spent time to root cause the

This makes a lot more sense.

The ulp_id stuff does need to go away as well though.

> problem and realized that patch-4 is touching quite many areas which
> would require much intrusive testing and validation.
> As I indicated earlier, we are implementing the PCI Aux driver
> interface at a faster pace.

Doing an aux driver doesn't mean you get to keep all these single
implementation function pointers - see the discussion around Intel's
patches.

> The problem of module referencing would be rectified with PCI aux
> change by inheritance.

The first three patches are clearly an improvement, and quite trivial,
so I'm going to take them.

Jason