Re: [PATCH 1/3] IB/uverbs: reject invalid or unknown opcodes

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On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 07:48:02PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 11:46:14AM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > AFAIK, this path is rarely (never?) actually used. I think all the
> > drivers we have can post directly from userspace.
> 
> Oh, interesting.  Is there any chance to deprecate it?  Not having
> to care for the uvers command would really help with some of the
> upcoming changes I have in my mind.

Hmm, we'd need a survey of the userspace side to see if it is rarely
or never...

And we'd have to talk to the soft XXX guys to see if they plan to use
it..

I always like to see cruft go away, especially if it is broken cruft..

Jason
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