Re: [RFC v1 for accelerated IPoIB 04/25] IB/verb: Add ipoib_options struct and API

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On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 6:40 PM, Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
<niranjana.vishwanathapura@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 08:30:43AM +0200, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 10:11:49AM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 12:01:09AM -0700, Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
>>> wrote:
>>> > On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 02:01:36PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
>>> > >>+   /* multicast */
>>> > >>+   int (*attach_mcast)(struct net_device *dev, struct ib_device
>>> > >> *hca,
>>> > >>+                       union ib_gid *gid, u16 lid, int set_qkey);
>>> > >>+   int (*detach_mcast)(struct net_device *dev, struct ib_device
>>> > >> *hca,
>>> > >>+                       union ib_gid *gid, u16 lid);
>>> > >
>>> > >It would make more sense to store the struct ib_device pointer in the
>>> > >struct rdma_netdev.
>>> > >
>>> >
>>> > Agree that it shouldn't be a function parameters.
>>> > For opa_vnic, I found it convenient to store ib_device pointer in
>>> > client and
>>> > device private structures as those will be available in most places
>>> > anyhow.
>>>
>>> If vnic uses it too, then lets add the ib_device and port num to
>>> rdma_netdev itself?
>>
>>
>> Agree, at the end this rdma_netdev is intended for the drivers/infiniband
>> and it is better to have this binding (rdma_netdev and ib_device) as early
>> as possible.
>>
>
> I agree with adding ibdev and port num to rdma_netdev.

Good. will do that.

>
> Niranjana
>
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