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

[Roland Dreier]

 > > I don't think that we want to start adding a new set of APIs for every 
 > > option that may eventually need to be supported.

 > Why not?

Agreed... as an interface to userspace, get/set opt makes sense, but
inside the kernel you just end up with a dispatch function that
demultiplexes things to the real work.  So I think the real work
functions should be the kernel API.

 - R.