netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 03/14] net/dibs: Create net/dibs

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Message-ID: <ee9c259b-1c32-4ba1-9bfa-cc21b2735290@linux.ibm.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2025 12:43:56 +0200
From: Alexandra Winter <wintera@...ux.ibm.com>
To: Julian Ruess <julianr@...ux.ibm.com>, dust.li@...ux.alibaba.com,
        "D. Wythe" <alibuda@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        Sidraya Jayagond <sidraya@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Wenjia Zhang
 <wenjia@...ux.ibm.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>
Cc: Aswin Karuvally <aswin@...ux.ibm.com>, Halil Pasic <pasic@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Mahanta Jambigi <mjambigi@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Tony Lu
 <tonylu@...ux.alibaba.com>, Wen Gu <guwen@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, Heiko Carstens <hca@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Vasily Gorbik <gor@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Alexander Gordeev
 <agordeev@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Sven Schnelle <svens@...ux.ibm.com>, Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 03/14] net/dibs: Create net/dibs



On 10.09.25 09:34, Julian Ruess wrote:
> On Tue Sep 9, 2025 at 9:36 AM CEST, Alexandra Winter wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 09.09.25 03:54, Dust Li wrote:
>>> On 2025-09-05 16:54:16, Alexandra Winter wrote:
>>>> Create an 'DIBS' shim layer that will provide generic functionality and
>>>> declarations for dibs device drivers and dibs clients.
>>>>
>>>> Following patches will add functionality.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Alexandra Winter <wintera@...ux.ibm.com>
>>>> ---
>>>> MAINTAINERS          |  7 +++++++
>>>> include/linux/dibs.h | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>> net/Kconfig          |  1 +
>>>> net/Makefile         |  1 +
>>>> net/dibs/Kconfig     | 12 ++++++++++++
>>>> net/dibs/Makefile    |  7 +++++++
>>>> net/dibs/dibs_main.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>> 7 files changed, 107 insertions(+)
>>>> create mode 100644 include/linux/dibs.h
>>>> create mode 100644 net/dibs/Kconfig
>>>> create mode 100644 net/dibs/Makefile
>>>> create mode 100644 net/dibs/dibs_main.c
>>>
>>> I recall we previously discussed the issue of which directory to place
>>> it in, and I don't have any strong preference regarding this. However,
>>> I'm not sure whether we reached an agreement on this point. In my
>>> opinion, placing it under the drivers/ directory seems more reasonable.
>>> But if net/ is OK, that works for me too.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Dust
>>>
>>>
>>
>> You mean like drivers/infiniband that provides sys/class/infiniband?
>> I don't have any strong feelings about where to place the directory.
>> Are there any practical consequences?
>> Other opinions?
> 
> I agree with Dust. Since we are planning to also have non-networking use-cases,
> it would be better to place it in drivers/.


Moving to drivers/dibs/ in next version