RDMA subsystem can be running in either of the modes. (a) Sharing RDMA devices among multiple net namespaces or (b) Exclusive mode where RDMA device is bound to single net namespace This patch series adds (1) query command to query rdma subsystem sharing mode (2) set command to change rdma subsystem sharing mode (3) assign rdma device to a net namespace rdma tool examples: (a) Query current rdma subsys net namespace sharing mode $ rdma sys show netns shared (b) Change rdma subsys mode to exclusive mode $ rdma sys set netns exclusive $ rdma sys show netns exclusive (c) Assign rdma device to a specific newly created net namespace $ ip netns add foo $ rdma dev set mlx5_1 netns foo --- Changelog: --- v0->v1: - Addressed David Ahern's below comments - Updated license of rdma/sys.c to follow SPDX style - Avoid using ret variable in calling rd_recv_msg in sys_show_no_args() Parav Pandit (4): rdma: Add an option to query,set net namespace sharing sys parameter rdma: Add man pages for rdma system commands rdma: Add an option to set net namespace of rdma device rdma: Add man page for rdma dev set netns command man/man8/rdma-dev.8 | 18 +++++- man/man8/rdma-system.8 | 82 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ man/man8/rdma.8 | 7 ++- rdma/Makefile | 2 +- rdma/dev.c | 37 +++++++++++ rdma/rdma.c | 3 +- rdma/rdma.h | 1 + rdma/sys.c | 138 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ rdma/utils.c | 1 + 9 files changed, 284 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) create mode 100644 man/man8/rdma-system.8 create mode 100644 rdma/sys.c -- 2.19.2