Re: [PATCH for-rc] RDMA/vmw_pvrdma: Return the correct opcode when creating WR

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On 1/7/19 11:17 AM, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 07, 2019 at 07:08:36PM +0000, Adit Ranadive wrote:
>> On 1/7/19 10:59 AM, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
>>> On Mon, Jan 07, 2019 at 06:53:24PM +0000, Adit Ranadive wrote:
>>>> From: Adit Ranadive <aditr@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>
>>>> Since the IB_WR_REG_MR opcode value changed, set some of the PVRDMA device
>>>> opcodes explicitly.
>>>>
>>>> Reported-by: Ruishuang Wang <ruishuangw@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Fixes: 9a59739bd01f ("IB/rxe: Revise the ib_wr_opcode enum")
>>>> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Reviewed-by: Bryan Tan <bryantan@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Reviewed-by: Ruishuang Wang <ruishuangw@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Reviewed-by: Vishnu Dasa <vdasa@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Adit Ranadive <aditr@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>  drivers/infiniband/hw/vmw_pvrdma/pvrdma.h | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++-
>>>>  1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> So naughty!! How many other places in this driver are assuming the
>>> intenal IB constants are stable?
>>>
>>> Did you audit for other cases?
>>
>> Lots of places. Though its the values shared with userspace, like QP types,
>> IB MTUs, etc. Unless you foresee changes to those .. 
> 
> Constants declared in the include/uapi header should be OK, but you
> still need to check that the constants you are using are actually in
> that header and either recode them or move them into uapi, as
> appropriate.
> 
> When constants get moved we may find more mistakes like this that
> cause the kernel view to change.
> 
> Jason
> 

Thanks. Yeah, I was afraid we might have to do something like that.
Okay, I'll send a v1 for this patch and more updates later for 5.1
inclusion if possible.

Thanks,
Adit




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