[ofa-general] RE: [RFC v2 PATCH 3/5] rdma/cma: add high availability mode attribute to IDs

[Or Gerlitz]

Sean Hefty wrote:
> I was only thinking of the kernel interfaces, but I don't see that this really
> changes the ABI.  An existing library continues to work unmodified.  (Is this
> that different than adding a new return value from a call?)  If there really is
> an issue, then the rdma_ucm can toss the event.
Yes, I agree that the ABI shouldn't be changed on every new return code 
or event added so we can deliver the new event and existing apps should 
be ignoring it (and if a real issue is find, we can block it at the 
rdma_ucm).

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