[openib-general] [PATCH] [MAD] API changes and updates to support RMPP

Sean Hefty mshefty at ichips.intel.com
Wed Mar 16 09:34:22 PST 2005


Sean Hefty wrote:

> This patch updates the MAD API to help provide support for the RMPP
> implementation and clients.  Notable changes:
> 
> * A valid memory region (MR) is returned as part of the mad_agent
>   registration process.  The agent, CM, and SA query modules were
>   updated to use the returned MR.
> * A list_head structure was added to ib_mad_recv_wc to make walking
>   the list of received MAD buffers easier.  As part of this change, a
>   bug was fixed where freed memory could have been accessed in
>   ib_free_recv_mad() if RMPP were enabled.  This change is unlikely
>   to affect existing clients.

If no one objects, I will commit these changes later today, so I can 
push in the RMPP changes.

- Sean



More information about the general mailing list