Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2015 13:29:30 -0600
From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@obsidianresearch.com>
To: "Hefty, Sean" <sean.hefty@intel.com>
Cc: "Weiny, Ira" <ira.weiny@intel.com>,
        Michael Wang <yun.wang@profitbricks.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 04/28] IB/Verbs: Reform IB-core cm
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On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 06:40:35PM +0000, Hefty, Sean wrote:
> > > -	if (rdma_node_get_transport(ib_device->node_type) !=
> > RDMA_TRANSPORT_IB)
> > > -		return;
> > > +	int count = 0;
> > 
> > I'm ok with this as an intermediate patch but going forward if we are
> > going to
> > have calls like
> > 
> > static inline int cap_ib_cm_dev(struct ib_device *device)
> 
> I would rather keep everything to checking per port, not per device.
> Specifically, because we have code that does this:

Argee.

I asked Michael for it and stand by it, the property is per-port, not
per device. Having the per-device tests just muddles the logic, look
at the trouble Sean notices in #10 when we are now forced to think of
things clearly.

Jason
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