Re: [PATCH for-next V1 0/9] Add RoCE v2 support

From: Doug Ledford <dledford-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
To: Or Gerlitz <gerlitz.or-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Matan Barak <matanb-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>,
	linux-rdma <linux-rdma-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
	Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>,
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	Somnath Kotur
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	Matan Barak
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Subject: Re: [PATCH for-next V1 0/9] Add RoCE v2 support
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 14:53:37 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <56536EC1.6020800@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJ3xEMiAkz0aouPgHWD31CwrX4SmOQfysJBX2kQOZ91gVP+94g-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>

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On 11/22/2015 04:28 PM, Or Gerlitz wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 16, 2015, Matan Barak <matanb-LDSdmyG8hGV8YrgS2mwiifqBs+8SCbDb@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 , Matan Barak <matanb-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 
>>> Hi Doug,
>>> This series adds the support for RoCE v2. In order to support RoCE v2,
>>> we add gid_type attribute to every GID. When the RoCE GID management
>>> populates the GID table, it duplicates each GID with all supported types.
>>> This gives the user the ability to communicate over each supported type.
> 
>> Hi Doug,
>> This series was posted a month ago.
>> If you have any comments, I would appreciate if you could please post them.
> 
> Doug,
> 
> Correction. The series was posted on Aug 13 -- three months ago, see [1].
> 
> I think it's terribly fair enough to know where it stands w.r.t
> deployment into 4.5

It's normally fair as you say.  However, as you know, I've been out for
a while.  This set only missed 4.4 because I didn't have time to review
it prior to the merge window.  Not the fault of anyone who submitted it,
but a reality of my life circumstances none the less.  Reviewing this
and getting the blocked code moving forward is at the top of my 4.5
candidate list.

> Lack of RoCE v2 support in the IB core is slowing down the RocE
> support for mlx5 and adoption of Soft-RoCE, it's fair enough to ask
> for you as maintainer to react/respond after three months the patches
> are waiting.
> 
> Or.
> 
> [1] http://marc.info/?l=linux-rdma&m=143948192926723&w=2
> 
>> Otherwise, could we please push this series to v4.5?
>> If you need, I can rebase it over your for-4.5 branch once you'll open
>> such a branch.

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Doug Ledford <dledford-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
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