***SPAM*** Re: [ofa-general] [PATCH] libibmad: remove functions which use pthread

[Ira Weiny]

On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 02:28:39 +0200
Sasha Khapyorsky <sashak at voltaire.com> wrote:

> On 14:28 Tue 17 Feb     , Ira Weiny wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Are those calls which use it not thread safe?
> > > 
> > > They look OK but I'm not 100% sure yet.
> > 
> > Yea, they look thread safe but I am not sure either.  :-(
> 
> Could you, Guys, be more explicit? Really... :)

Neither interface is thread safe without the user implementing some
sort of locking around the calls.

> 
> > I would be in favor of making all the utils use mad_rpc_open_port but it is up
> > to Shasha if we go down this path.
> 
> The idea looks fine to me, let's review the patch.

Working on a patch series now...  This is mainly to clean up the
interface.  Thread safety is a 2nd consideration...

Ira