[ofa-general] [RFC v2 PATCH 4/5] rdma/cma: implement RDMA_ALIGN_WITH_NETDEVICE ha mode

[Steve Wise]

Sean Hefty wrote:
>> So instead of adding a new function rdma_set_high_availability_mode, you
>> could just set an option saying WANT_NETDEV_CHANGE_EVENTS.  Maybe we
>> need to add rdma_set_option() to the kernel RDMA-CM API?
>>
>> IE make it more generic.
>>     
>
> I agree with this.  Having a generic mechanism to report rare events would be
> useful.  Maybe the device removal notification can be adapted for this purpose?
>
> - Sean
>   

Both of these events are device related...  We could have a cm_id option 
that can be set that sez "i want device related events"...