[openib-general] Kernel locking rules documentation

[James Lentini]

On Mon, 11 Jul 2005, Sean Hefty wrote:

> James Lentini wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks for writing this up Roland. I would recommend sending it upstream.
>> 
>> Will this document be expanded to include the functions declared in 
>> ib_cm.h?
>
> I can either expand the documentation in ib_cm.h directly or add to this 
> file.  The CM seems separate from what's contained here, since it's not 
> expected that anyone will write another CM.

My interpretation of the document is that all IB verbs implementations 
will adhere to these rules, so the multiple verbs vs. single cm 
distinction wasn't as great in my mind.

If you combine the descriptions, ULP writers only need to read one 
piece of documentation to understand these synchronization issues.

I can understand why you would want to keep all of the CM 
documentation separate. That makes a lot of sense.