This bit is used to prevent compatibility issues in the old kernel. It is not for compatibility with userspace.
It should be a bugfix. I will separate this into a new bugfix patch.
I will change the name to __HNS_ROCE_CAP_FLAG_RQ_INLINE in V3.
On 2022/10/29 0:40:11, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 05:50:52PM +0800, Haoyue Xu wrote:
>> From: Luoyouming <luoyouming@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> The rq inline makes some changes as follows, Firstly, it is only
>> used in user space. Secondly, it should notify hardware in QP RTR
>> status. Thirdly, Add compatibility processing between different
>> user space and kernel space. Change the HNS_ROCE_CAP_FLAG_RQ_INLINE
>> to a new bit to prevent old kernel spaces / spaced from enabling
>> rq inline.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Luoyouming <luoyouming@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Haoyue Xu <xuhaoyue1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> drivers/infiniband/hw/hns/hns_roce_device.h | 6 +++--
>> drivers/infiniband/hw/hns/hns_roce_hw_v2.c | 28 +++++++++++++--------
>> drivers/infiniband/hw/hns/hns_roce_main.c | 5 ++++
>> drivers/infiniband/hw/hns/hns_roce_qp.c | 2 +-
>> include/uapi/rdma/hns-abi.h | 2 ++
>> 5 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hns/hns_roce_device.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hns/hns_roce_device.h
>> index f701cc86896b..9ce053fe737d 100644
>> --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hns/hns_roce_device.h
>> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hns/hns_roce_device.h
>> @@ -132,7 +132,8 @@ enum hns_roce_event {
>> enum {
>> HNS_ROCE_CAP_FLAG_REREG_MR = BIT(0),
>> HNS_ROCE_CAP_FLAG_ROCE_V1_V2 = BIT(1),
>> - HNS_ROCE_CAP_FLAG_RQ_INLINE = BIT(2),
>> + /* discard this bit, reserved for compatibility */
>> + HNS_ROCE_CAP_FLAG_DISCARD = BIT(2),
>
> If it is for compatability with userspace why is this enum not under
> include/uapi? Something has gone wrong here, please fix it.
>
> Also, it is better to name this __HNS_ROCE_CAP_FLAG_RQ_INLINE to
> indicate it is not used instead of 'discard'
>
> Jason
> .
>
