Re: [Patch v4 12/12] RDMA/mana_ib: Add a driver for Microsoft Azure Network Adapter

From: Jason Gunthorpe
Date: Wed Jul 20 2022 - 19:49:33 EST


On Wed, Jun 15, 2022 at 07:07:20PM -0700, longli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> +static int mana_ib_alloc_pd(struct ib_pd *ibpd, struct ib_udata *udata)
> +{
> + struct mana_ib_pd *pd = container_of(ibpd, struct mana_ib_pd, ibpd);
> + struct ib_device *ibdev = ibpd->device;
> + enum gdma_pd_flags flags = 0;
> + struct mana_ib_dev *dev;
> + int ret;
> +
> + dev = container_of(ibdev, struct mana_ib_dev, ib_dev);
> +
> + /* Set flags if this is a kernel request */
> + if (!ibpd->uobject)
> + flags = GDMA_PD_FLAG_ALLOW_GPA_MR | GDMA_PD_FLAG_ALLOW_FMR_MR;

I'm confused, this driver doesn't seem to support kverbs:

> +static const struct ib_device_ops mana_ib_dev_ops = {
> + .owner = THIS_MODULE,
> + .driver_id = RDMA_DRIVER_MANA,
> + .uverbs_abi_ver = MANA_IB_UVERBS_ABI_VERSION,
> +
> + .alloc_pd = mana_ib_alloc_pd,
> + .alloc_ucontext = mana_ib_alloc_ucontext,
> + .create_cq = mana_ib_create_cq,
> + .create_qp = mana_ib_create_qp,
> + .create_rwq_ind_table = mana_ib_create_rwq_ind_table,
> + .create_wq = mana_ib_create_wq,
> + .dealloc_pd = mana_ib_dealloc_pd,
> + .dealloc_ucontext = mana_ib_dealloc_ucontext,
> + .dereg_mr = mana_ib_dereg_mr,
> + .destroy_cq = mana_ib_destroy_cq,
> + .destroy_qp = mana_ib_destroy_qp,
> + .destroy_rwq_ind_table = mana_ib_destroy_rwq_ind_table,
> + .destroy_wq = mana_ib_destroy_wq,
> + .disassociate_ucontext = mana_ib_disassociate_ucontext,
> + .get_port_immutable = mana_ib_get_port_immutable,
> + .mmap = mana_ib_mmap,
> + .modify_qp = mana_ib_modify_qp,
> + .modify_wq = mana_ib_modify_wq,
> + .query_device = mana_ib_query_device,
> + .query_gid = mana_ib_query_gid,
> + .query_port = mana_ib_query_port,
> + .reg_user_mr = mana_ib_reg_user_mr,

eg there is no way to create a kernel MR..

So, why do I see so many kverbs like things - and why are things like
FMR in this driver that can never be used?

Jason