[openib-general] Re: User MAD support for cancel MAD
Roland Dreier
roland at topspin.com
Fri Dec 10 10:52:43 PST 2004
Hal> Hi Roland, It doesn't look to me like there is a way to
Hal> cancel a MAD from user space. Would this be an additional
Hal> ioctl to support ? This is needed from an OpenSM
Hal> perspective.
I guess it would be another ioctl. However I'm not sure how useful
this is for userspace... in the kernel modules like IPoIB want to
cancel pending sends to avoid a callback when the module is unloaded.
However in userspace, an application can just close the file on exit.
- R.
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