[PATCH][hirsute] UBUNTU: SAUCE: RDMA/core: Introduce peer memory interface

dann frazier dann.frazier at canonical.com
Thu Apr 8 20:12:59 UTC 2021


On Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 1:31 PM Guilherme Piccoli <gpiccoli at canonical.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 4:02 PM Seth Forshee <seth.forshee at canonical.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Guilherme,
> >
> > This patch has been the subject of considerable back-channel discussion
> > before Dann sent it. As for the size and out-of-tree status, those are
> > factors we're going to live with for the time being. I've reviewed the
> > patch, and absent any drivers which attempt to use the peer mem
> > interface it looks like it should have no fuctional impact. I also
> > didn't come across any issues which haven't already been addressed.
> >
> > Additional review is very welcome though. Please let us know if you see
> > any issues in the code which ought to be addressed.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Seth
>
> Hi Seth, thank you for the heads-up!
> It's fine by me, a quick code look didn't bring any concerns, seems an
> interesting feature BTW.
> Obviously would be ideal to have a Buglink or at least an upstream
> discussion, but it's not going to be
> me to block this feature in Ubuntu kernels hehe

Sure, I can resubmit with a Buglink, thanks Guillherme.
I don't know of any existing upstream thread to link to.

  -dann



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