Re: [PATCH for-next] RDMA/hns: Add interface to support lock free

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On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 06:02:20AM +0000, liweihang wrote:
> On 2020/3/13 1:27, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 01:04:05PM -0400, Andrew Boyer wrote:
> >>    What would you say to a per-process env variable to disable locking in
> >>    a userspace provider?
> > 
> > That is also a no. verbs now has 'thread domain' who's purpose is to
> > allow data plane locks to be skipped.
> > 
> > Generally new env vars in verbs are going to face opposition from
> > me.
> > 
> > Jason
> 
> Thanks for your comments. Do you have some suggestions on how to
> achieve lockless flows in kernel? Are there any similar interfaces
> in kernel like the thread domain in userspace?

It has never come up before

Jason



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