Re: [PATCH v2 01/17] IB/Verbs: Implement new callback query_transport() for each HW

[Doug Ledford]

On Fri, 2015-04-10 at 09:46 +0200, Michael Wang wrote:
> On 04/09/2015 11:19 PM, Doug Ledford wrote:
> [snip]
> >>
> >> I've written this before: The mess here is that it is too hard to know
> >> what the call sites are actually checking for when it is some baroque
> >> conditional.
> > 
> > The two goals: being specific about what the test is returning and
> > minimizing the bitmap footprint; are not necessarily opposed.  One can
> > do both at the same time.
> 
> This could be internal reforming after the cap_XX() stuff works for core
> layer, at that time we don't need to touch core layer anymore, just
> introducing this bitmap stuff in verb layer, replacing the implementation
> of these helpers with the bitmap check, and following the semantic (description).

Agreed.

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Doug Ledford <dledford@xxxxxxxxxx>
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