[openib-general] [PATCH] for 2-6-19 rdma/addr: use client registration to fix module unload race

[Sean Hefty]

Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> Adding registration at module start/stop seems simple enough and overhead is
> minimal. We already have this for other modules (e.g. ib_sa).  I don't really
> unerstand why is there such a resistance to this simple fix for unload race?

There's no resistance if someone is using it.  There's just an easier solution 
if no one is or was going to use it...  The change just isn't quite as trivial 
with the ib_cm or rdma_cm as it was with the ib_sa or ib_addr.

- Sean