Re: [PATCH 03/20] RDMA/core: Introduce IB_MR_TYPE_INTEGRITY and ib_alloc_mr_integrity API

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On Wed, Jun 05, 2019 at 02:38:36PM +0300, Max Gurtovoy wrote:
>
> On 6/4/2019 3:43 PM, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 04, 2019 at 12:02:58PM +0300, Max Gurtovoy wrote:
> > > On 6/4/2019 10:35 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > > > On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 04:25:14PM +0300, Max Gurtovoy wrote:
> > > > > From: Israel Rukshin <israelr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > >
> > > > > This is a preparation for signature verbs API re-design. In the new
> > > > > design a single MR with IB_MR_TYPE_INTEGRITY type will be used to perform
> > > > > the needed mapping for data integrity operations.
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Israel Rukshin <israelr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Max Gurtovoy <maxg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > Reviewed-by: Sagi Grimberg <sagi@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@xxxxxxx>
> > > > Looks good, but thinks like this that are very Linux specific really
> > > > should be EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL.
> > > Well we used the convention of other exported functions in this .h file.
> > >
> > > If the maintainers are not against that, we can fix it.
> > >
> > > Jason/Leon/Doug ?
> > Since it is in a .c file that is dual licensed I have a hard time
> > justifying the _GPL prefix.
> >
> > Although I would agree with CH that it does seem to be very Linux
> > specific.
> >
> > Honestly, I've never seen a clear description of when to use one or
> > the other choice.
>
> I'm also not familiar with licensing stuff.
>
> I guess you prefer using the common EXPORT_SYMBOL for verbs.c functions,
> correct ?

Yes, it is much easier for us, instead of trying to pick specific
license for specific function.

Thanks




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