[ofa-general] Re: [RFC] [PATCH 0/2] for 2.6.23: ib/sa - add local path record caching

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

> Quoting Sean Hefty <sean.hefty at intel.com>:
> Subject: [RFC] [PATCH 0/2] for 2.6.23: ib/sa - add local path record caching
> 
> I've updated the local SA patches based on previous feedback.
> The most significant change is to integrate the local SA with
> the ib_sa module.  This allows all apps to make use of the local
> SA without changes.
> 
> The use of a device file was also replaced with simple module
> parameters.
> 
> I've also pushed these changes to:
> 
> 	git://git.openfabrics.org/~shefty/rdma-dev.git sa_cache
> 
> I would like to close any open issues with this approach in time
> to pull it into 2.6.23.

This code seems to be significantly different from what
OFED 1.2 has (and on the flip side, it does look better),
but this means that it's all new code in a core component.
Might it be prudent to have this sit in -mm for awhile?
Another approach might be to have it disabled by default in 2.6.23 -
that would make it a low-risk change, and give people time to experiment
with it.

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