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linux/net/smc/Kconfig
Wen Gu 46ac64419d net/smc: introduce loopback-ism for SMC intra-OS shortcut
This introduces a kind of Emulated-ISM device named loopback-ism for
SMCv2.1. The loopback-ism device is currently exclusive for SMC usage,
and aims to provide an SMC shortcut for sockets within the same kernel,
leading to improved intra-OS traffic performance. Configuration of this
feature is managed through the config SMC_LO.

Signed-off-by: Wen Gu <guwen@linux.alibaba.com>
Reviewed-by: Gerd Bayer <gbayer@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Wenjia Zhang <wenjia@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-and-tested-by: Jan Karcher <jaka@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
2024-04-30 13:24:48 +02:00

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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
config SMC
tristate "SMC socket protocol family"
depends on INET && INFINIBAND
depends on m || ISM != m
help
SMC-R provides a "sockets over RDMA" solution making use of
RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) technology to upgrade
AF_INET TCP connections transparently.
The Linux implementation of the SMC-R solution is designed as
a separate socket family SMC.
Select this option if you want to run SMC socket applications
config SMC_DIAG
tristate "SMC: socket monitoring interface"
depends on SMC
help
Support for SMC socket monitoring interface used by tools such as
smcss.
if unsure, say Y.
config SMC_LO
bool "SMC intra-OS shortcut with loopback-ism"
depends on SMC
default n
help
SMC_LO enables the creation of an Emulated-ISM device named
loopback-ism in SMC and makes use of it for transferring data
when communication occurs within the same OS. This helps in
convenient testing of SMC-D since loopback-ism is independent
of architecture or hardware.
if unsure, say N.