[openib-general] Re: [RFC] [PATCH 1/3] RDMA CM: addrdma_get/set_optioncalls to get/set path records

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

Quoting r. Sean Hefty <sean.hefty at intel.com>:
> Sockets provides setsockopt/getsockopt calls, and there is an attempt here to
> emulate sockets.

Maybe we should create a socket instead of a char device in ucma?
Then we get bind/listen/connect/accept for free.

> These calls provide a very simple way to extend functionality
> without needing to modify the user to kernel transition code with every feature.

How? Any new option extends the user to kernel transition code anyway. No?

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