[openib-general] agent_mad_send
Roland Dreier
roland at topspin.com
Tue Oct 26 21:17:34 PDT 2004
Sean> In agent_mad_send, a call is made to create an address
Sean> handle. Immediately after calling ib_post_send_mad, the
Sean> address handle is destroyed. I think that we want to wait
Sean> until the send is completed before destroying the address
Sean> handle, and require this of all callers of ib_post_send_mad.
Yes, that's correct. Because of a quirk in the way Mellanox HCA's
implement special QPs, it's actually OK to destroy the AH immediately
after posting the send, but for an ordinary QP this will lead to some
bizarre problems.
- R.
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