The following patch set is a preparation to addition of netlink handlers to support RDMA tool. It simplifies the code, removes useless client infrastructure, concentrates netlink validity checks and allows future patches to remove a lot of dead code from iwcm* code base (all operations related to nl_clients). It is based on already sent to the mailing list patch [1] "Revert "IB/core: Add flow control to the portmapper netlink calls"" [1] https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9752865/ Changelog v1->v2: * Added Chien's ROB tags Patch #1: * Annotate max_num_ops with "static const" to calculate the value once only. Changelog v0->v1: * Moved to separate topic from rdmatool. Patch #1: * Add check to catch already initialized callback table to avoid double registration of the same protocol. * Rewrite the validity check to use array instead of switch(). CC: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@xxxxxxxxxxx> CC: Chien Tin Tung <chien.tin.tung@xxxxxxxxx> CC: Steve Wise <swise@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Available in the "topic/betlink-refactor-v2" topic branch of this git repo: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/leon/linux-rdma.git Or for browsing: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/leon/linux-rdma.git/log/?h=topic/netlink-refactor-v2 Leon Romanovsky (5): RDMA/netlink: Remove netlink clients infrastructure RDMA/netlink: Remove redundant owner option for netlink callbacks RDMA/netlink: Avoid double pass for RDMA netlink messages RDMA/iwcm: Remove useless check of nelink client validity RDMA/iwcm: Remove extra EXPORT_SYMBOLS drivers/infiniband/core/cma.c | 9 +- drivers/infiniband/core/device.c | 41 ++---- drivers/infiniband/core/iwcm.c | 10 +- drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_msg.c | 12 -- drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_util.c | 11 -- drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c | 249 +++++++++++++++++++----------------- include/rdma/rdma_netlink.h | 18 +-- 7 files changed, 155 insertions(+), 195 deletions(-) -- 2.12.2 -- 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