Return-Path: Received: from fieldses.org ([173.255.197.46]:57016 "EHLO fieldses.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753016AbbFCTrm (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Jun 2015 15:47:42 -0400 Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2015 15:47:41 -0400 From: "J. Bruce Fields" To: Chuck Lever Cc: Linux NFS Mailing List Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 08/10] svcrdma: Add backward direction service for RPC/RDMA transport Message-ID: <20150603194741.GC9627@fieldses.org> References: <20150526174401.7061.43137.stgit@klimt.1015granger.net> <20150526174945.7061.58026.stgit@klimt.1015granger.net> <20150601202641.GD26972@fieldses.org> <20150602153054.GB32413@fieldses.org> <4939D8DF-4AD0-477F-B06C-0E27F015BBE0@oracle.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 In-Reply-To: <4939D8DF-4AD0-477F-B06C-0E27F015BBE0@oracle.com> Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, Jun 03, 2015 at 03:49:13PM -0400, Chuck Lever wrote: > > On Jun 2, 2015, at 11:30 AM, J. Bruce Fields wrote: > > > On Mon, Jun 01, 2015 at 04:45:26PM -0400, Chuck Lever wrote: > >> > >> On Jun 1, 2015, at 4:26 PM, J. Bruce Fields wrote: > >> > >>> On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 01:49:45PM -0400, Chuck Lever wrote: > >>>> Introduce some pre-requisite infrastructure needed for handling > >>>> RPC/RDMA bi-direction on the client side. > >>>> > >>>> On NFSv4.1 mount points, the client uses this transport endpoint to > >>>> receive backward direction calls and route replies back to the > >>>> NFS server. > >>> > >>> Am I missing something, or is this pretty much dead code for now? > >>> > >>> In which case, I'd rather wait on it. > >> > >> When I submit the client-side backchannel patches, should I submit > >> this patch through Anna and request your Acked-by? > > > > Sure, feel free to add my Acked-by. > > > > Or I guess I won't worry too much about some dead code if the > > client-side patches are coming soon. > > There are more pre-requisites on the client than there are on the server. > I anticipate it will be at least two more merge windows before the client > will be ready to merge backchannel support. > > I’ll add this patch back into the client backchannel series. OK.--b.