On Mon, Nov 03, 2014 at 10:28:25AM +0200, Matan Barak wrote:
> On 3/11/2014 4:50 AM, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> >On Sun, Nov 02, 2014 at 11:30:05AM +0200, Or Gerlitz wrote:
> >
> >>@@ -886,7 +887,7 @@ struct ibv_context_ops {
> >> int (*dealloc_pd)(struct ibv_pd *pd);
> >> struct ibv_mr * (*reg_mr)(struct ibv_pd *pd, void *addr, size_t length,
> >> int access);
> >>- struct ibv_mr * (*rereg_mr)(struct ibv_mr *mr,
> >>+ int (*rereg_mr)(struct ibv_mr *mr,
> >> int flags,
> >> struct ibv_pd *pd, void *addr,
> >> size_t length,
> >
> >What is going on here?
> >
> >Signatures in the ops structure should not be changed without quite a
> >bit more explanation. I'd like to see this in a dedicated patch with a
> >proper discussion about why it is safe...
> I don't mind re-spin this change into another patch, but since I
> don't consider the current state of libibverbs as having memory
> re-registration support, I don't think it's necessary.
Even so, this changes ABI senstive structures so it needs to be in a
dedicated patch and you must include this rational for why it is safe.
Jason
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