From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jason Gunthorpe Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] IB/uverbs: reject invalid or unknown opcodes Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 11:54:25 -0600 Message-ID: <20150819175425.GE22646@obsidianresearch.com> References: <1440002254-795-1-git-send-email-hch@lst.de> <1440002254-795-2-git-send-email-hch@lst.de> <20150819174614.GC22646@obsidianresearch.com> <20150819174802.GA13875@lst.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20150819174802.GA13875-jcswGhMUV9g@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-rdma-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Christoph Hellwig Cc: Doug Ledford , Sean Hefty , Hal Rosenstock , Eli Cohen , linux-rdma-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, stable-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 07:48:02PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 11:46:14AM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe > > > > AFAIK, this path is rarely (never?) actually used. I think all the > > drivers we have can post directly from userspace. > > Oh, interesting. Is there any chance to deprecate it? Not having > to care for the uvers command would really help with some of the > upcoming changes I have in my mind. Hmm, we'd need a survey of the userspace side to see if it is rarely or never... And we'd have to talk to the soft XXX guys to see if they plan to use it.. I always like to see cruft go away, especially if it is broken cruft.. Jason -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from quartz.orcorp.ca ([184.70.90.242]:59051 "EHLO quartz.orcorp.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751020AbbHSRyb (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Aug 2015 13:54:31 -0400 Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 11:54:25 -0600 From: Jason Gunthorpe To: Christoph Hellwig Cc: Doug Ledford , Sean Hefty , Hal Rosenstock , Eli Cohen , linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] IB/uverbs: reject invalid or unknown opcodes Message-ID: <20150819175425.GE22646@obsidianresearch.com> References: <1440002254-795-1-git-send-email-hch@lst.de> <1440002254-795-2-git-send-email-hch@lst.de> <20150819174614.GC22646@obsidianresearch.com> <20150819174802.GA13875@lst.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20150819174802.GA13875@lst.de> Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 07:48:02PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 11:46:14AM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe > > > > AFAIK, this path is rarely (never?) actually used. I think all the > > drivers we have can post directly from userspace. > > Oh, interesting. Is there any chance to deprecate it? Not having > to care for the uvers command would really help with some of the > upcoming changes I have in my mind. Hmm, we'd need a survey of the userspace side to see if it is rarely or never... And we'd have to talk to the soft XXX guys to see if they plan to use it.. I always like to see cruft go away, especially if it is broken cruft.. Jason