Re: [EXPERIMENTAL v1 0/4] RDMA loopback device

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On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 04:40:50PM +0000, Parav Pandit wrote:
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Leon Romanovsky <leon@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2019 11:38 AM
> > To: Yuval Shaia <yuval.shaia@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Parav Pandit <parav@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; Bart Van Assche
> > <bvanassche@xxxxxxx>; Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx>; Dennis
> > Dalessandro <dennis.dalessandro@xxxxxxxxx>; linux-rdma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [EXPERIMENTAL v1 0/4] RDMA loopback device
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 04, 2019 at 07:17:27PM +0200, Yuval Shaia wrote:
> > > On Mon, Mar 04, 2019 at 04:52:06PM +0000, Parav Pandit wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Yuval Shaia <yuval.shaia@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > Sent: Monday, March 4, 2019 10:48 AM
> > > > > To: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@xxxxxxx>
> > > > > Cc: Parav Pandit <parav@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; Ira Weiny
> > > > > <ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx>; Leon Romanovsky <leon@xxxxxxxxxx>; Dennis
> > > > > Dalessandro <dennis.dalessandro@xxxxxxxxx>;
> > > > > linux-rdma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > Subject: Re: [EXPERIMENTAL v1 0/4] RDMA loopback device
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, Mar 04, 2019 at 08:10:05AM -0800, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> > > > > > On Mon, 2019-03-04 at 09:56 +0200, Yuval Shaia wrote:
> > > > > > > Suggestion: To enhance 'loopback' performances, can you
> > > > > > > consider using shared memory or any other IPC instead of going
> > > > > > > thought the
> > > > > network stack?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'd like to avoid having to implement yet another initiator
> > > > > > block driver. Using IPC implies writing a new block driver and
> > > > > > also coming up with a new block-over- IPC protocol. Using RDMA
> > > > > > has the advantage that the existing NVMeOF initator block driver and
> > protocol can be used.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Bart.
> > > > >
> > > > > No, no, i didn't mean to implement new driver, just that the xmit
> > > > > of the packet would be by use of memcpy instead of going through
> > > > > TP stack. This would make the data exchange extremely fast when
> > > > > the traffic is between two entities on the same host.
> > > > >
> > > > Can you please review the other patches in this patchset and not just
> > cover-letter?
> > > > It does what you are describing without the network stack.
> > >
> > > You are right, i should have do it, just was waiting for an answer to
> > > Leon's question on why not using rxe as a base.
> >
> > Yuval,
> >
> > You won't get an answer on my question, because it is much more easier
> > and exciting to write something new instead of fixing already existing piece
> > of code. Luckily enough, kernel community doesn't allow new code without
> > proving that old code is not possible to fix.
> >
> Please convey this to Bernard too for siw driver.

Don't be so shy, feel free to say it to him.

Thanks

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