[openib-general] Re: (SPAM?) [RFC] new ibv_get_devices() API -- avoid dlists

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

Quoting r. Roland Dreier <rolandd at cisco.com>:
> Subject: Re: (SPAM?) [RFC] new ibv_get_devices() API -- avoid dlists
> 
>  > I would prefer one call to get the entire structure.  Another option might
>  > be:
>  > 
>  >     struct ibv_device ** ibv_get_device()
>  > 
>  > where it returns a list which is null terminated so you do not need to
>  > return the length.
> 
> Yes, I thought of that too.  It seemed faintly preferable to tell the
> caller how big the array was rather than forcing the caller to count
> for itself.  But I can't really think of a use case where it makes a
> difference, so perhaps your simpler version is better.
> 
>  - R.

Me, I like the

int ibv_get_device_list(struct ibv_device **list[]);

better.
NULL-terminated arrays are, to me, inconvenient.

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