[openib-general] CM header file

[Roland Dreier]

    Frank> What about: * CM creates the QP when necessary, unless the
    Frank> app provides one.

    Grant> Sorry, I can't get enthusiastic about this idea.  It adds
    Grant> complexity and code where it's usually not required.  If
    Grant> someone wants to another layer of inline code that handles
    Grant> the allocation for the caller (and deallocation when it's
    Grant> done), that's works for me.  But it shouldn't be part of
    Grant> the basic design.

I agree.  In the original design of the Topspin drivers, we had the CM
handle allocating and freeing QPs.  However it leads to all sorts of
object lifetime issues and ends up as more trouble than it's worth.

 - R.