On 3/7/2012 12:45 PM, Hefty, Sean wrote: >> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Hefty, Sean <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> --- 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 */ >>>>> #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 > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" in > the body of a message to [email protected] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
