> API wise, yes it is an event channel, however, there must always be an > FD, so if you want to do something to an event channel, it should be > done via ioctl on that fd, not through the common fd. So 'get_fd' is > another form of 'create_object' except that the returned object_handle > is a fd number not an object id. > > Perhaps 'create_fd_object' instead ? I think we're pretty much in agreement, just differences in details. I was thinking that create event channel would return an fd and implicitly define its ioctl format. Create_fd_object is more generic, but how were you thinking of defining the ioctl format? -- 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