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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Sean,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>our application is using OFED 1.1 under SLES10.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>It is a point to point IB connection from a high speed
image scanner to a workstation. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The application is out in the market for about a year.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Now I get complains from the field that they do have
dead pthreads hanging around that are stuck in the ib_cm_get_event call.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>For your explanation I’m creating a new pthread
for every new attempt to connect from the workstation to the image scanner.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>This will happen only when one does re-power the
image scanner while having a connection established, this might happen often as
once a week to once a month.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The reason for the complains now are that the
thread’s hanging in the ib_cm_get_event consume system resources and
might block the system after some 40 power cyles.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>They don’t want/can’t restart the
workstation application in order to get the old phreads destroyed.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>So my question is: How can I get a pthread out of the
ib_cm_get_event call?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Thanks in advance for your help<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Thomas Bub</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<st1:PersonName w:st="on">Thomas Bub</st1:PersonName></span></font><font
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<font color=gray><span style='color:gray'>Senior Software Engineer<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Grass Va<span lang=DE>lley</span></st1:City><span
lang=DE> <st1:country-region w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region></span></st1:place><span
lang=DE> GmbH<br>
Brunnenweg 9<br>
64331 Weiterstadt, Germany<br>
Tel: +49 6150 104 147<br>
Fax: +49 6150 104 656<br>
Email: </span></span></font></span></font><u><font size=2 color=blue
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><a
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<a href="http://www.grassvalley.com">www.GrassValley.com </a><br>
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Geschäftsführung: Hans-Joachim Krink, Roger Keller,<br>
Rainer Sturm, Edgar Kleffmann<br>
Sitz der Gesellschaft: Weiterstadt<br>
Registergericht: Darmstadt - HRB 8616</span></font><font size=2 color=gray
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