On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 06:59:52PM -0500, Shiraz Saleem wrote: > From: Mustafa Ismail <mustafa.ismail@xxxxxxxxx> > > Register auxiliary drivers which can attach to auxiliary RDMA > devices from Intel PCI netdev drivers i40e and ice. Implement the private > channel ops, and register net notifiers. > > Signed-off-by: Mustafa Ismail <mustafa.ismail@xxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Shiraz Saleem <shiraz.saleem@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/i40iw_if.c | 229 +++++++++++++ > drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/main.c | 382 ++++++++++++++++++++++ > drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/main.h | 565 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 3 files changed, 1176 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/i40iw_if.c > create mode 100644 drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/main.c > create mode 100644 drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/main.h <...> > +/* client interface functions */ > +static const struct i40e_client_ops i40e_ops = { > + .open = i40iw_open, > + .close = i40iw_close, > + .l2_param_change = i40iw_l2param_change > +}; > + > +static struct i40e_client i40iw_client = { > + .ops = &i40e_ops, > + .type = I40E_CLIENT_IWARP, > +}; > + > +static int i40iw_probe(struct auxiliary_device *aux_dev, const struct auxiliary_device_id *id) > +{ > + struct i40e_auxiliary_device *i40e_adev = container_of(aux_dev, > + struct i40e_auxiliary_device, > + aux_dev); > + struct i40e_info *cdev_info = i40e_adev->ldev; > + > + strncpy(i40iw_client.name, "irdma", I40E_CLIENT_STR_LENGTH); > + cdev_info->client = &i40iw_client; > + cdev_info->aux_dev = aux_dev; > + > + return cdev_info->ops->client_device_register(cdev_info); Why do we need all this indirection? I see it as leftover from previous version where you mixed auxdev with your peer registration logic. Thanks