On Tue, 2016-09-20 at 15:17 +0300, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 01:08:35PM +0200, Knut Omang wrote:
> > On Tue, 2016-09-20 at 14:01 +0300, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > > On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 12:43:30PM +0200, Knut Omang wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, 2016-09-20 at 13:18 +0300, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 11:12:36AM +0200, Knut Omang wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Mon, 2016-09-19 at 08:29 +0300, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 05:59:13AM +0200, Knut Omang wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Also proper end align the ibv_kern_send_wr struct.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Requires a corresponding kernel change.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Knut Omang <knut.omang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > > > Reviewed-by: Mukesh Kacker <mukesh.kacker@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > > > ---
> > > > > > > > include/infiniband/kern-abi.h | 1 +
> > > > > > > > src/cmd.c | 2 ++
> > > > > > > > 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > diff --git a/include/infiniband/kern-abi.h b/include/infiniband/kern-abi.h
> > > > > > > > index 8bdeef5..7b1d310 100644
> > > > > > > > --- a/include/infiniband/kern-abi.h
> > > > > > > > +++ b/include/infiniband/kern-abi.h
> > > > > > > > @@ -800,6 +800,7 @@ struct ibv_kern_send_wr {
> > > > > > > > union {
> > > > > > > > struct {
> > > > > > > > __u32 remote_srqn;
> > > > > > > > + __u32 reserved;
> > > > > > > > } xrc;
> > > > > > > > } qp_type;
> > > > > > > > };
> > > > > > > > diff --git a/src/cmd.c b/src/cmd.c
> > > > > > > > index a418ee1..a4e2f75 100644
> > > > > > > > --- a/src/cmd.c
> > > > > > > > +++ b/src/cmd.c
> > > > > > > > @@ -1293,6 +1293,8 @@ int ibv_cmd_post_send(struct ibv_qp *ibqp, struct ibv_send_wr *wr,
> > > > > > > > tmp->wr.ud.remote_qpn = i->wr.ud.remote_qpn;
> > > > > > > > tmp->wr.ud.remote_qkey = i->wr.ud.remote_qkey;
> > > > > > > > } else {
> > > > > > > > + if (ibqp->qp_type == IBV_QPT_XRC_SEND)
> > > > > > > > + tmp->qp_type.xrc.remote_srqn = i->qp_type.xrc.remote_srqn;
> > > > > > > It will be checked for all QPTs and for all consumers. Any chances to
> > > > > > > optimize it?
> > > > > > All QPTs except UD, yes.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The easiest is perhaps just to remove the test (and set the attribute in all cases), which will work fine
> > > > > > as long as the qp_type union is not used for anything else, but is it worth
> > > > > > the loss of intuitiveness/future potential correctness of the code?
> > > > > Let's concentrate on the present and as far as I see there are no kernel users who
> > > > > need this field xrc.remote_srqn field.
> > > > So I assume then that you are ok with this code, given my explanation?
> > > Partially,
> > >
> > > I'm fine with the claim about readability and the fact that
> > > this code is not in data-path relaxed me a little bit.
> >
> > Good!
> >
> > > I'm not fine with the part that this code doesn't do anything in kernel.
> >
> > I know, I have two big patch sets one kernel and one for the new "rdma consolidated"
> > in the queue that should fix that, just want to save a few versions of those
> > ~32000 lines of code by preparing the baseline :-)
>
> It won't save. We DO believe you that this this new addition to UAPI is really
> needed, but we NEED to see that it is unavoidable.
>
> The proper flow for submission is driver->kernel_core->libraries and not
> kernel_core->libraries->driver.
Ok, got it..
Knut
> Thanks
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