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

Sean Hefty sean.hefty at intel.com
Tue May 2 21:27:55 PDT 2006


>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.

The dispatch function would still be there for userspace, but I'll export the
kernel functions.

What I'm more concerned with is whether it's acceptable to call copy_to_user /
copy_from_user on kernel memory?

- Sean



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