> > On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 09:50:38PM +0100, Yann Droneaud wrote: > > > Anyway, I recognize that uverb way of abusing write() syscall is > > borderline (at best) regarding other Linux subsystems and Unix > > paradigm in general. But it's not enough to screw it more. > > Then we must return the correct output size explicitly in the struct. I was thinking this very same thing as I read through this thread. I too would like to avoid the use of comp_masks if at all possible. The query call seems to be a verb where the structure size is all you really need to know the set of values returned. As Jason says, other calls may require the comp_mask where 0 is not sufficient to indicate "missing". Ira -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
