[openib-general] [PATCH] netdevice.h: Add RDMA private pointer to the net_device structure

[Hal Rosenstock]

On Mon, 2005-10-03 at 19:05, Pradeep Satyanarayana wrote:
> My understanding is that the refcnt will still need to be held (even
> after this change) even if SDP would not poke at IPoIB's private data.
> Is that true?

Yes, that's an independent issue.

> Moreover there was discussion about getting this data from the CM REQ
> private data. So, what is the exact rationale for adding this to the 
> net_device structure? 

To get at the ib_device, port, and PKey which are needed for a
subsequent SA path record request.

-- Hal

> Pradeep
> pradeep at us.ibm.com
> 
> openib-general-bounces at openib.org wrote on 10/03/2005 02:50:21 PM:
> 
> > On Mon, 2005-10-03 at 17:35, Roland Dreier wrote:
> > >     Hal> We will have this shortly. I have been waiting for this
> to
> > >     Hal> propose the changes to SDP et al.
> > > 
> > > OK, but I don't think it makes sense to merge this upstream until
> > > there is in-tree code that will use it.
> > 
> > I wanted to get this in so I could add the code to IPoIB to use this
> so SDP
> > and others no longer poke at IPoIB's private data. This is a small
> > change. Should this change be made locally (in OpenIB) first (and
> we'll
> > have our own modified netdevice.h for a short time) ?
> > 
> > -- Hal
> > 
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