Re: [PATCH rdma-next 0/7] Introduce KABIs to query UCONTEXT, PD and MR properties

From: Jason Gunthorpe
Date: Wed Jun 17 2020 - 08:59:21 EST


On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 12:20:53PM +0300, Yishai Hadas wrote:
> On 6/17/2020 11:34 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 11:31:38AM +0300, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 01:29:16AM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > > > I think you are talking about UABIs (which in linux we actually call
> > > > uapis).
> > >
> > > Yes, I used Yishai's cover letter as is.
> >
>
> We used in the past the "kABI" notation in the rdma sub system when we
> referred to the ioctl interface that kernel exposes to user space.

It is true, somewhere along the way it got to be called the "ioctl
kabi" which is confusing and wrong, we should move away from that
language.

Jason