> > On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 08:16:41PM +0000, Weiny, Ira wrote: > > > For instance if we add SL it would be mandatory, but policy > > > information like requesting net_device would be optional. > > > > Why would SL be mandatory? > > If the kernel asks for a specific SL then user space must respect that and > return > a path with that exact SL. > > If userspace does not know how to do that, then it must not answer the query. > It > cannot ignore the SL requirement and return a random SL.
Oh, right, I misunderstood. I thought that you were saying that SL would be mandatory as a netlink attribute. > > Hypothetically, assuming we add SL.. Right... ;-) Ira -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
