Re: [PATCH v2 iproute2-next 0/6] cm_id, cq, mr, and pd resource tracking

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On 3/20/18 11:21 AM, Doug Ledford wrote:
> On 3/16/2018 12:18 PM, David Ahern wrote:
>> On 3/13/18 1:58 PM, Doug Ledford wrote:
>>> On Tue, 2018-03-13 at 13:45 -0700, David Ahern wrote:
>>>> On 3/13/18 1:32 AM, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 10:53:03AM -0700, David Ahern wrote:
>>>>>> On 3/12/18 8:16 AM, Steve Wise wrote:
>>>>>>> Hey all,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The kernel side of this series has been merged for rdma-next [1].  Let me
>>>>>>> know if this iproute2 series can be merged, of if it needs more changes.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The problem is that iproute2 headers are synced to kernel headers from
>>>>>> DaveM's tree (net-next mainly). I take it this series will not appear in
>>>>>> Dave's tree until after a merge through Linus' tree. Correct?
>>>>>
>>>>> David,
>>>>>
>>>>> Technically, you are right, and we would like to ask you for an extra tweak
>>>>> to the flow for the RDMAtool, because current scheme causes delays at least
>>>>> cycle.
>>>>>
>>>>> Every RDMAtool's patchset which requires changes to headers is always
>>>>> includes header patch, can you please accept those series and once you
>>>>> are bringing new net-next headers from Linus, simply overwrite all our
>>>>> headers?
>>>>
>>>> I did not follow the discussion back when this decision was made, so how
>>>> did rdma tool end up in iproute2?
>>>
>>> It is modeled after the ip command, and for better or worse, the
>>> iproute2 package has become the standard drop box for low level kernel
>>> network configuring tools.  The RDMA subsystem may not be IP networking,
>>> but it is still networking, so it seemed an appropriate fit.
>>
>> why doesn't the rdma tree go through Dave then?
>>
> 
> Because it doesn't use the core network stack hardly at all.  It creates
> netdevs when it needs to bridge the two stacks, but otherwise the RDMA
> subsystem core is apart and unique from the network stack Dave manages.
> When I said it was networking, I meant it literally.  The RDMA fabrics
> are networks.  It wasn't meant to imply that they shared anything
> substantial in common with the typical Ethernet/IP networking that is
> the core of what Dave manages.
> 

I think the simplest approach is to move the uapi header under the rdma
directory and you folks take ownership of that header.
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