Re: [PATCH RFC rdma-core 0/5] libhns: Add support for Dynamic Context Attachment

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On 2021/2/10 3:39, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 07, 2021 at 11:12:49AM +0800, Weihang Li wrote:
>> The HIP09 introduces the DCA(Dynamic Context Attachment) feature which
>> supports many RC QPs to share the WQE buffer in a memory pool. If a QP
>> enables DCA feature, the WQE's buffer will not be allocated when creating
>> but when the users start to post WRs. This will reduce the memory
>> consumption when there are too many QPs are inactive.
>>
>> Please note that we didn't find the right way to get user's configuration,
>> so in #4 we still use environment variable to achieve this. We will be
>> appreciated if anyone can provide some sugggestions.
> 
> That is definately not going to work.. It should be some dv thing,
> dv create qp or a dv customization of the parent domain spring to mind
> 
> Jason
> 

Thank you, we will use the parameter of verbs_open_device() named
private_data to allow user pass the DCA configurations into the driver
according to the way of mlx5dv_open_device().

Weihang



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