[openib-general] Kernel locking rules documentation

James Lentini jlentini at netapp.com
Mon Jul 11 09:35:46 PDT 2005


Thanks for writing this up Roland. I would recommend sending it 
upstream.

Will this document be expanded to include the functions 
declared in ib_cm.h?

On Fri, 8 Jul 2005, Roland Dreier wrote:

> I've tried to write up the locking rules used by our kernel IB layer,
> so that they're made explicit for people implementing new low-level
> drivers and new protocols.  I'd appreciate corrections and all other
> comments.  Does this seem worth sending upstream for inclusion under
> Documentation/infiniband?
>
> - R.
>
>



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