[ofa-general] RE: [RFC] [PATCH 0/3] 2.6.22 or 23 ib: add path record cache

[Sean Hefty]

>Why can't it operate below the existing ib_sa interface?
>Does any client really care whether the record came from the SA
>or from the cache?

It can, and I don't think so.

Integrating the caching into the ib_sa is possible, but I didn't want to go this
route without agreement first.  One benefit this approach has is that the cache
could store paths only after they were requested.  (This would need to be a new
feature, so would require more work.)

I'd like to get more feedback before making this sort of change though.

- Sean