[openib-general] RE: Re: [PATCH] ipoib_flush_paths

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

Quoting r. Fabian Tillier <ftillier at silverstorm.com>:
> Can't you pass in a reference to the client module for registration,
> and then take a reference from the context of each request that is
> released after the callback unwinds?  I thought Linux had module
> reference functions...

I thought about that , but this would mean:

1. changing API instead of extending it by new functions - lots of
   churn for ULPs
2. adding overhead on data path rather than unload path where
   it belongs
3. a module that does lots of queries can't be unloaded large
   part of the time

Maybe it's still not too bad ...

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