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

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On Tue, Apr 06, 2021 at 07:27:17AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> 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.

Let's wait till Jason wakes up, before jumping to conclusions.
It was his request to update all ULPs.

> 
> I think we need to:
> 
>  a) document the semantics
>  b) sort out any technical concerns
>  c) just enable the damn thing

Sure

> 
> instead of requiring some form of cargo culting.



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