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Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2022 19:10:12 +0300
From: Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
To: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] RDMA: Split kernel-only global device caps from
uverbs device caps
On Thu, Apr 07, 2022 at 12:52:44PM -0300, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 06, 2022 at 12:57:31PM -0700, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> > On 4/6/22 12:27, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > > +enum ib_kernel_cap_flags {
> > > + /*
> > > + * This device supports a per-device lkey or stag that can be
> > > + * used without performing a memory registration for the local
> > > + * memory. Note that ULPs should never check this flag, but
> > > + * instead of use the local_dma_lkey flag in the ib_pd structure,
> > > + * which will always contain a usable lkey.
> > > + */
> > > + IBK_LOCAL_DMA_LKEY = 1 << 0,
> > > + /* IB_QP_CREATE_INTEGRITY_EN is supported to implement T10-PI */
> > > + IBK_INTEGRITY_HANDOVER = 1 << 1,
> > > + /* IB_ACCESS_ON_DEMAND is supported during reg_user_mr() */
> > > + IBK_ON_DEMAND_PAGING = 1 << 2,
> > > + /* IB_MR_TYPE_SG_GAPS is supported */
> > > + IBK_SG_GAPS_REG = 1 << 3,
> > > + /* Driver supports RDMA_NLDEV_CMD_DELLINK */
> > > + IBK_ALLOW_USER_UNREG = 1 << 4,
> > > +
> > > + /* ipoib will use IB_QP_CREATE_BLOCK_MULTICAST_LOOPBACK */
> > > + IBK_BLOCK_MULTICAST_LOOPBACK = 1 << 5,
> > > + /* iopib will use IB_QP_CREATE_IPOIB_UD_LSO for its QPs */
> > > + IBK_UD_TSO = 1 << 6,
> > > + /* iopib will use the device ops:
> > > + * get_vf_config
> > > + * get_vf_guid
> > > + * get_vf_stats
> > > + * set_vf_guid
> > > + * set_vf_link_state
> > > + */
> > > + IBK_VIRTUAL_FUNCTION = 1 << 7,
> > > + /* ipoib will use IB_QP_CREATE_NETDEV_USE for its QPs */
> > > + IBK_RDMA_NETDEV_OPA = 1 << 8,
> > > +};
> >
> > Has it been considered to use the kernel-doc syntax? This means moving all
> > comments above "enum ib_kernel_cap_flags {".
>
> TBH I'm not a huge fan of kdoc for how wordy it is:
>
> /** @IBK_RDMA_NETDEV_OPA: ipoib will use IB_QP_CREATE_NETDEV_USE for its QPs */
> IBK_RDMA_NETDEV_OPA = 1 << 8,
>
> Is the shortest format and still a bit awkward.
>
> Given that we don't have a proper kdoc for rdma I haven't been putting
> much energy there.
>
> If someone came with patches to make a kdoc chapter and start to
> organize it nicely I could see enforcing kdoc format..
Do you see any value in kdoc?
I personally didn't find it useful for kernel at all.
>
> Jason
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