Re: [PATCH v2 rdma-next 2/5] RDMA/nldev: add provider-specific resource tracking

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On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 09:09:47AM -0700, Steve Wise wrote:
> Each provider can register a "fill entry" function with the restrack core.
> This function will be called when filling out a resource, allowing the
> provider to add provider-specific details.  The details consist of a
> nltable of nested attributes, that are in the form of <key, [print-type],
> value> tuples.  Both key and value attributes are mandatory.  The key
> nlattr must be a string, and the value nlattr can be one of the provider
> attributes that are generic, but typed, allowing the attributes to be
> validated.  Currently the provider nlattr types include string, s32,
> u32, s64, and u64.  The print-type nlattr allows a provider to specify
> an alternative display format for user tools displaying the attribute.
> For example, a u32 attribute will default to "%u", but a print-type
> attribute can be included for it to be displayed in hex.  This allows
> the user tool to print the number in the format desired by the provider
> driver.
>
> More attrs can be defined as they become needed by providers.
>
> Signed-off-by: Steve Wise <swise@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/infiniband/core/nldev.c  | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/rdma/restrack.h          | 10 ++++++++++
>  include/uapi/rdma/rdma_netlink.h | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 69 insertions(+)
>

Steve,

You forgot to nullify those new functions in restrack_init(), not a big
deal because we are calling to restrack_init() after kzalloc(), but
better to be explicit about it.

Thanks,
Reviewed-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

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