[openib-general] Re: [PATCH] ipoib: device removal races

Roland Dreier rolandd at cisco.com
Mon Aug 29 12:52:49 PDT 2005


    Michael> Can sa query be changed to perform the callback directly,
    Michael> and so guarantee that query isnt used after
    Michael> ib_sa_cancel_query returns?

Hmm, that gets into the MAD layer design, but I think it gets very
tricky.  For example, how do we know that the query isn't already
completing on a different CPU as we enter the cancel call?

 - R.



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