On Sun, 2016-09-04 at 20:38 -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 03, 2016 at 09:30:40AM +0200, Knut Omang wrote:
>
> > Looking more closely at this whole problem, I think for my patch,
> > the right solution is just to avoid adding a new function name and
> > instead provide a redefinition of the original symbol with a new version
> > using the __asm__(".symver ...) construct already nicely used for v.1.0
> > bw compatibility - just following the pattern already established.
>
> That is possible, but to date we have never done that and have
> continued to preserve source compatability for providers.
>
> I agree the providers should be updated, but I don't see this being
> practical until after rdma-plumbing is in place..
>
> So I suggest you proceed as you have with the fixed symbol version.
Ok, fine - I have implemented and tested both solutions with current libmlx4 +
Connect-X3 and libsif + SIF using the libibverbs and kernel patch sets in the same box,
with a small amendment to the size checking in the uverbs ibv_reg_mr path and feel
I am ready for a v2 then.
Thanks,
Knut
> Jason
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