[openib-general] [PATCH] IB/ipoib: NAPI

Shirley Ma xma at us.ibm.com
Tue Sep 26 14:46:53 PDT 2006





Roland,

> Do you know how ehca behaves?  Does it have that race?  ie what
> happens in this situation:
>
>     poll CQ -> CQ is empty
>         (new completion is added to CQ)
>     request notify on CQ
>         (no more completions are added)
>
> Mellanox HCAs will generate a CQ event in this case, although it's not
> strictly required by the IB spec.  How will ehca behave?
>
>  - R.

That could be the reason. I did see mthca poll empty entry, but not on
ehca. I will confirm this with ehca team.

Thanks
Shirley Ma
IBM Linux Technology Center
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