Re: [PATCH 1/25 v2] rdma/cm: define native IB address

On 3/7/2012 12:45 PM, Hefty, Sean wrote:

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On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Hefty, Sean [off-list ref] wrote:

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--- a/include/linux/socket.h
+++ b/include/linux/socket.h

@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ struct ucred {
 #define AF_PPPOX       24      /* PPPoX sockets                */
 #define AF_WANPIPE     25      /* Wanpipe API Sockets */
 #define AF_LLC         26      /* Linux LLC                    */
+#define AF_IB          27      /* Native InfiniBand address    */
 #define AF_CAN         29      /* Controller Area Network      */
 #define AF_TIPC                30      /* TIPC

sockets                 */

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 #define AF_BLUETOOTH   31      /* Bluetooth sockets            */

@@ -227,6 +228,7 @@ struct ucred {
 #define PF_PPPOX       AF_PPPOX
 #define PF_WANPIPE     AF_WANPIPE
 #define PF_LLC         AF_LLC
+#define PF_IB          AF_IB
 #define PF_CAN         AF_CAN
 #define PF_TIPC                AF_TIPC
 #define PF_BLUETOOTH   AF_BLUETOOTH

Has this been run by the networking community?  Are they OK with this
assignment?

I did copy netdev on the original submissions, but I don't remember any

explicit ack or nack.

David, any feeling yay or nay about adding these?

Is the kernel the final arbiter of AF_xxx / PF_xxx assignments, or
is there anything else we have to worry about?

To clarify the intent of this change:

The RDMA CM allows users to specify addresses using struct sockaddr.  Today, only INET/6 are supported.  
The intent is to allow a user to specify native InfiniBand addresses through that interface.  
In the more immediate, this helps to solve InfiniBand scaling issues.

Yes, this is key for InfiniBand scaling.

Longer term, this can also be used to control path failover.

This AF_IB patch series appears to be stalled unless I missed something
on the list. What needs to be done to revive it/move it along ?

Thanks.

-- Hal

- Sean
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