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Date:   Thu, 5 Jan 2023 17:04:03 -0800
From:   Saeed Mahameed <saeed@...nel.org>
To:     Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
Cc:     Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>,
        Or Har-Toov <ohartoov@...dia.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
        Michael Guralnik <michaelgur@...dia.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH rdma-next 4/4] RDMA/mlx5: Use query_special_contexts for
 mkeys

On 04 Jan 16:03, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
>On Wed, Jan 04, 2023 at 09:56:21AM -0400, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
>> On Wed, Jan 04, 2023 at 03:55:25PM +0200, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
>> > On Wed, Jan 04, 2023 at 09:13:10AM -0400, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
>> > > On Wed, Jan 04, 2023 at 03:09:54PM +0200, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
>> > > > On Wed, Jan 04, 2023 at 09:03:06AM -0400, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
>> > > > > On Wed, Jan 04, 2023 at 10:11:25AM +0200, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
>> > > > > > -int mlx5_cmd_null_mkey(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, u32 *null_mkey)
>> > > > > > -{
>> > > > > > -	u32 out[MLX5_ST_SZ_DW(query_special_contexts_out)] = {};
>> > > > > > -	u32 in[MLX5_ST_SZ_DW(query_special_contexts_in)] = {};
>> > > > > > -	int err;
>> > > > > > +	err = mlx5_cmd_exec_inout(dev->mdev, query_special_contexts, in, out);
>> > > > > > +	if (err)
>> > > > > > +		return err;
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > -	MLX5_SET(query_special_contexts_in, in, opcode,
>> > > > > > -		 MLX5_CMD_OP_QUERY_SPECIAL_CONTEXTS);
>> > > > > > -	err = mlx5_cmd_exec_inout(dev, query_special_contexts, in, out);
>> > > > > > -	if (!err)
>> > > > > > -		*null_mkey = MLX5_GET(query_special_contexts_out, out,
>> > > > > > -				      null_mkey);
>> > > > > > -	return err;
>> > > > > > +	if (MLX5_CAP_GEN(dev->mdev, dump_fill_mkey))
>> > > > > > +		dev->mkeys.dump_fill_mkey = MLX5_GET(query_special_contexts_out,
>> > > > > > +						     out, dump_fill_mkey);
>> > > > > > +
>> > > > > > +	if (MLX5_CAP_GEN(dev->mdev, null_mkey))
>> > > > > > +		dev->mkeys.null_mkey = cpu_to_be32(
>> > > > > > +			MLX5_GET(query_special_contexts_out, out, null_mkey));
>> > > > > > +
>> > > > > > +	if (MLX5_CAP_GEN(dev->mdev, terminate_scatter_list_mkey)) {
>> > > > > > +		dev->mkeys.terminate_scatter_list_mkey =
>> > > > > > +			cpu_to_be32(MLX5_GET(query_special_contexts_out, out,
>> > > > > > +					     terminate_scatter_list_mkey));
>> > > > > > +		return 0;
>> > > > > > +	}
>> > > > > > +	dev->mkeys.terminate_scatter_list_mkey =
>> > > > > > +		MLX5_TERMINATE_SCATTER_LIST_LKEY;
>> > > > >
>> > > > > This is already stored in the core dev, why are you recalculating it
>> > > > > here?
>> > > >
>> > > > It is not recalculating but setting default value. In core dev, we will
>> > > > have value only if MLX5_CAP_GEN(dev->mdev, terminate_scatter_list_mkey)
>> > > > is true.
>> > >
>> > > No, it has the identical code:
>> > >
>> > > +static int mlx5_get_terminate_scatter_list_mkey(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
>> > > +{
>> > > +       if (MLX5_CAP_GEN(dev, terminate_scatter_list_mkey)) {
>> > > +               dev->terminate_scatter_list_mkey =
>> > > +                       cpu_to_be32(MLX5_GET(query_special_contexts_out, out,
>> > > +                                            terminate_scatter_list_mkey));
>> > > +               return 0;
>> > > +       }
>> > > +       dev->terminate_scatter_list_mkey = MLX5_TERMINATE_SCATTER_LIST_LKEY;
>> >
>> > Ahh, you are talking about that.
>> > terminate_scatter_list_mkey is part of an output from MLX5_CMD_OP_QUERY_SPECIAL_CONTEXTS,
>> > which is needed to get other mkeys. So instead of doing special logic
>> > for the terminate_scatter_list_mkey, we decided to use same pattern as
>> > for other mkeys, which don't belong to core.
>>
>> Regardless, don't duplicate the code and maybe don't even duplicate
>> the storage of the terminate_scatter_list_mkey
>
>ok, will update and resend.
>

Please provide a helper mlx5_get_xyz function, avoid assuming mlx5_core will store
it in dev->xyz.