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<title>linux-toradex.git/drivers/infiniband/core/Makefile, branch v3.0.97</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules</subtitle>
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<title>RDMA: Add netlink infrastructure</title>
<updated>2011-05-20T18:46:11+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Roland Dreier</name>
<email>roland@purestorage.com</email>
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<published>2011-05-20T18:46:11+00:00</published>
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Add basic RDMA netlink infrastructure that allows for registration of
RDMA clients for which data is to be exported and supplies message
construction callbacks.

Signed-off-by: Nir Muchtar &lt;nirm@voltaire.com&gt;

[ Reorganize a few things, add CONFIG_NET dependency.  - Roland ]

Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier &lt;roland@purestorage.com&gt;
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Add basic RDMA netlink infrastructure that allows for registration of
RDMA clients for which data is to be exported and supplies message
construction callbacks.

Signed-off-by: Nir Muchtar &lt;nirm@voltaire.com&gt;

[ Reorganize a few things, add CONFIG_NET dependency.  - Roland ]

Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier &lt;roland@purestorage.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>IB/uverbs: Export ib_umem_get()/ib_umem_release() to modules</title>
<updated>2007-05-09T01:00:37+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Roland Dreier</name>
<email>rolandd@cisco.com</email>
</author>
<published>2007-03-05T00:15:11+00:00</published>
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Export ib_umem_get()/ib_umem_release() and put low-level drivers in
control of when to call ib_umem_get() to pin and DMA map userspace,
rather than always calling it in ib_uverbs_reg_mr() before calling the
low-level driver's reg_user_mr method.

Also move these functions to be in the ib_core module instead of
ib_uverbs, so that driver modules using them do not depend on
ib_uverbs.

This has a number of advantages:
 - It is better design from the standpoint of making generic code a
   library that can be used or overridden by device-specific code as
   the details of specific devices dictate.
 - Drivers that do not need to pin userspace memory regions do not
   need to take the performance hit of calling ib_mem_get().  For
   example, although I have not tried to implement it in this patch,
   the ipath driver should be able to avoid pinning memory and just
   use copy_{to,from}_user() to access userspace memory regions.
 - Buffers that need special mapping treatment can be identified by
   the low-level driver.  For example, it may be possible to solve
   some Altix-specific memory ordering issues with mthca CQs in
   userspace by mapping CQ buffers with extra flags.
 - Drivers that need to pin and DMA map userspace memory for things
   other than memory regions can use ib_umem_get() directly, instead
   of hacks using extra parameters to their reg_phys_mr method.  For
   example, the mlx4 driver that is pending being merged needs to pin
   and DMA map QP and CQ buffers, but it does not need to create a
   memory key for these buffers.  So the cleanest solution is for mlx4
   to call ib_umem_get() in the create_qp and create_cq methods.

Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier &lt;rolandd@cisco.com&gt;
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Export ib_umem_get()/ib_umem_release() and put low-level drivers in
control of when to call ib_umem_get() to pin and DMA map userspace,
rather than always calling it in ib_uverbs_reg_mr() before calling the
low-level driver's reg_user_mr method.

Also move these functions to be in the ib_core module instead of
ib_uverbs, so that driver modules using them do not depend on
ib_uverbs.

This has a number of advantages:
 - It is better design from the standpoint of making generic code a
   library that can be used or overridden by device-specific code as
   the details of specific devices dictate.
 - Drivers that do not need to pin userspace memory regions do not
   need to take the performance hit of calling ib_mem_get().  For
   example, although I have not tried to implement it in this patch,
   the ipath driver should be able to avoid pinning memory and just
   use copy_{to,from}_user() to access userspace memory regions.
 - Buffers that need special mapping treatment can be identified by
   the low-level driver.  For example, it may be possible to solve
   some Altix-specific memory ordering issues with mthca CQs in
   userspace by mapping CQ buffers with extra flags.
 - Drivers that need to pin and DMA map userspace memory for things
   other than memory regions can use ib_umem_get() directly, instead
   of hacks using extra parameters to their reg_phys_mr method.  For
   example, the mlx4 driver that is pending being merged needs to pin
   and DMA map QP and CQ buffers, but it does not need to create a
   memory key for these buffers.  So the cleanest solution is for mlx4
   to call ib_umem_get() in the create_qp and create_cq methods.

Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier &lt;rolandd@cisco.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>IB/sa: Track multicast join/leave requests</title>
<updated>2007-02-16T22:20:02+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Sean Hefty</name>
<email>sean.hefty@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2007-02-16T01:00:17+00:00</published>
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The IB SA tracks multicast join/leave requests on a per port basis and
does not do any reference counting: if two users of the same port join
the same group, and one leaves that group, then the SA will remove the
port from the group even though there is one user who wants to stay a
member left.  Therefore, in order to support multiple users of the
same multicast group from the same port, we need to perform reference
counting locally.

To do this, add an multicast submodule to ib_sa to perform reference
counting of multicast join/leave operations.  Modify ib_ipoib (the
only in-kernel user of multicast) to use the new interface.

Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier &lt;rolandd@cisco.com&gt;
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The IB SA tracks multicast join/leave requests on a per port basis and
does not do any reference counting: if two users of the same port join
the same group, and one leaves that group, then the SA will remove the
port from the group even though there is one user who wants to stay a
member left.  Therefore, in order to support multiple users of the
same multicast group from the same port, we need to perform reference
counting locally.

To do this, add an multicast submodule to ib_sa to perform reference
counting of multicast join/leave operations.  Modify ib_ipoib (the
only in-kernel user of multicast) to use the new interface.

Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier &lt;rolandd@cisco.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>RDMA/cma: Export rdma cm interface to userspace</title>
<updated>2006-12-12T19:50:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Sean Hefty</name>
<email>sean.hefty@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2006-12-01T00:53:41+00:00</published>
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Export the rdma cm interfaces to userspace via a misc device.

Signed-off-by: Sean Hefty &lt;sean.hefty@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier &lt;rolandd@cisco.com&gt;
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Export the rdma cm interfaces to userspace via a misc device.

Signed-off-by: Sean Hefty &lt;sean.hefty@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier &lt;rolandd@cisco.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>RDMA: iWARP Core Changes.</title>
<updated>2006-09-22T22:22:47+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Tom Tucker</name>
<email>tom@opengridcomputing.com</email>
</author>
<published>2006-08-03T21:02:42+00:00</published>
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Modifications to the existing rdma header files, core files, drivers,
and ulp files to support iWARP, including:
 - Hook iWARP CM into the build system and use it in rdma_cm.
 - Convert enum ib_node_type to enum rdma_node_type, which includes
   the possibility of RDMA_NODE_RNIC, and update everything for this.

Signed-off-by: Tom Tucker &lt;tom@opengridcomputing.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steve Wise &lt;swise@opengridcomputing.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier &lt;rolandd@cisco.com&gt;
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Modifications to the existing rdma header files, core files, drivers,
and ulp files to support iWARP, including:
 - Hook iWARP CM into the build system and use it in rdma_cm.
 - Convert enum ib_node_type to enum rdma_node_type, which includes
   the possibility of RDMA_NODE_RNIC, and update everything for this.

Signed-off-by: Tom Tucker &lt;tom@opengridcomputing.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steve Wise &lt;swise@opengridcomputing.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier &lt;rolandd@cisco.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>IB: IP address based RDMA connection manager</title>
<updated>2006-06-18T03:37:29+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Sean Hefty</name>
<email>sean.hefty@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2006-06-18T03:37:29+00:00</published>
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Kernel connection management agent over InfiniBand that connects based
on IP addresses.  The agent defines a generic RDMA connection
abstraction to support clients wanting to connect over different RDMA
devices.

The agent also handles RDMA device hotplug events on behalf of clients.

Signed-off-by: Sean Hefty &lt;sean.hefty@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier &lt;rolandd@cisco.com&gt;
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Kernel connection management agent over InfiniBand that connects based
on IP addresses.  The agent defines a generic RDMA connection
abstraction to support clients wanting to connect over different RDMA
devices.

The agent also handles RDMA device hotplug events on behalf of clients.

Signed-off-by: Sean Hefty &lt;sean.hefty@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier &lt;rolandd@cisco.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>IB: address translation to map IP toIB addresses (GIDs)</title>
<updated>2006-06-18T03:37:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Sean Hefty</name>
<email>sean.hefty@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2006-06-18T03:37:28+00:00</published>
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Add an address translation service that maps IP addresses to
InfiniBand GID addresses using IPoIB.

Signed-off-by: Sean Hefty &lt;sean.hefty@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier &lt;rolandd@cisco.com&gt;
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Add an address translation service that maps IP addresses to
InfiniBand GID addresses using IPoIB.

Signed-off-by: Sean Hefty &lt;sean.hefty@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier &lt;rolandd@cisco.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>IB: common handling for marshalling parameters to/from userspace</title>
<updated>2006-06-18T03:37:27+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Sean Hefty</name>
<email>sean.hefty@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2006-06-18T03:37:27+00:00</published>
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Provide common handling for marshalling data between userspace clients
and kernel InfiniBand drivers.

Signed-off-by: Sean Hefty &lt;sean.hefty@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier &lt;rolandd@cisco.com&gt;
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Provide common handling for marshalling data between userspace clients
and kernel InfiniBand drivers.

Signed-off-by: Sean Hefty &lt;sean.hefty@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier &lt;rolandd@cisco.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>[PATCH] IB: clean up user access config options</title>
<updated>2005-09-07T19:43:08+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>James Lentini</name>
<email>jlentini@netapp.com</email>
</author>
<published>2005-09-07T19:43:08+00:00</published>
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Add a new config option INFINIBAND_USER_MAD to control whether we
build ib_umad.  Change INFINIBAND_USER_VERBS to INFINIBAND_USER_ACCESS,
and have it control ib_ucm and ib_uat as well as ib_uverbs.

Signed-off-by: James Lentini &lt;jlentini@netapp.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier &lt;rolandd@cisco.com&gt;
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Add a new config option INFINIBAND_USER_MAD to control whether we
build ib_umad.  Change INFINIBAND_USER_VERBS to INFINIBAND_USER_ACCESS,
and have it control ib_ucm and ib_uat as well as ib_uverbs.

Signed-off-by: James Lentini &lt;jlentini@netapp.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier &lt;rolandd@cisco.com&gt;
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<title>[PATCH] IB: move include files to include/rdma</title>
<updated>2005-08-27T03:37:38+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Roland Dreier</name>
<email>roland@eddore.topspincom.com</email>
</author>
<published>2005-08-25T20:40:04+00:00</published>
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Move the InfiniBand headers from drivers/infiniband/include to include/rdma.
This allows InfiniBand-using code to live elsewhere, and lets us remove the
ugly EXTRA_CFLAGS include path from the InfiniBand Makefiles.

Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier &lt;rolandd@cisco.com&gt;
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Move the InfiniBand headers from drivers/infiniband/include to include/rdma.
This allows InfiniBand-using code to live elsewhere, and lets us remove the
ugly EXTRA_CFLAGS include path from the InfiniBand Makefiles.

Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier &lt;rolandd@cisco.com&gt;
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