[openib-general] [PATCH] ib_mad: Implement ib_free_recv_mad routine

Hal Rosenstock halr at voltaire.com
Wed Sep 15 17:21:56 PDT 2004


On Wed, 2004-09-15 at 17:45, Sean Hefty wrote:
> > OK. It is probably worth the extra memory to optimize for the single
> > buffer case.
> 
> Actually, this change should decrease memory usage -- saves a whole 
> pointer.

Isn't that only for the first buffer ? Don't buffers 2-n have an
unneeded WC structure ?

Also, do you see a way to turn a receive buffer handed to the client
around ? That seems to be useful for the agents in order to respond to a
request without copying into a send buffer.

-- Hal




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