On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 01:08:05PM -0600, Steve Wise wrote:
>
>
> On 11/28/2018 12:26 PM, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 10:19:21AM -0700, Steve Wise wrote:
> >> Add new 'link' subcommand 'add' and 'delete' to allow binding a soft-rdma
> >> device to a netdev interface.
> >>
> >> EG:
> >>
> >> rdma link add rxe_eth0 type rxe dev eth0
> >> rdma link delete rxe_eth0
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Steve Wise <swise@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >> rdma/link.c | 106 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >> rdma/rdma.h | 1 +
> >> rdma/utils.c | 2 +-
> >> 3 files changed, 108 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/rdma/link.c b/rdma/link.c
> >> index 7a6d4b7e356d..d4f76b0ce11f 100644
> >> --- a/rdma/link.c
> >> +++ b/rdma/link.c
> >> @@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
> >> static int link_help(struct rd *rd)
> >> {
> >> pr_out("Usage: %s link show [DEV/PORT_INDEX]\n", rd->filename);
> >> + pr_out("Usage: %s link add NAME type TYPE dev DEV\n", rd->filename);
> > I suggest to rename "dev" to be "netdev", because we are using "dev" for
> > ib devices.
>
> Yea ok.
>
> >> + pr_out("Usage: %s link delete NAME type TYPE\n", rd->filename);
> > Why do you need "type" for "delete" command?
>
> Because the type is used in the kernel to find the appropriate link
> ops. I could change the kernel side to search all types for the device
> name to delete?
I would say, yes.
It makes "delete" operation more natural.
Thanks
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