[PATCH rdma-next v3 09/14] RDMA/cma: Document that CM configfs cannot be net namespace scoped

From: Jiri Pirko <[email protected]>

Document the rdma_cm configfs limitation: configfs is global, so same-named
RDMA devices in different net namespaces cannot both be represented there.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <[email protected]>
---
 Documentation/ABI/testing/configfs-rdma_cm | 4 ++++
 drivers/infiniband/core/cma_configfs.c     | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/configfs-rdma_cm b/Documentation/ABI/testing/configfs-rdma_cm
index 74f9506f42e7..739f7b6a1259 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/configfs-rdma_cm
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/configfs-rdma_cm
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ Description: 	Interface is used to configure RDMA-cable HCAs in respect to
 		for this HCA has to be created:
 		mkdir -p /config/rdma_cm/<hca>
 
+		Note: configfs has no network namespace support, so this
+		interface cannot represent two devices that share a name in
+		different network namespaces (possible in exclusive netns mode).
+
 
 What: 		/config/rdma_cm/<hca>/ports/<port-num>/default_roce_mode
 Date: 		November 29, 2015
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/cma_configfs.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/cma_configfs.c
index 891e52afb8f4..c389d4e37b6b 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/cma_configfs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/cma_configfs.c
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ static struct cma_dev_port_group *to_dev_port_group(struct config_item *item)
 	return container_of(group, struct cma_dev_port_group, group);
 }
 
+/*
+ * configfs is not net namespace aware, so a name shared by devices in
+ * different namespaces resolves to the first match here.
+ */
 static bool filter_by_name(struct ib_device *ib_dev, void *cookie)
 {
 	return !strcmp(dev_name(&ib_dev->dev), cookie);
-- 
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