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

Sean Hefty sean.hefty at intel.com
Wed Mar 16 15:39:13 PST 2005


>> 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.

I've committed these changes.  A patch for RMPP receive handling will be
posted as soon as I finishing removing the bugs that I so carefully designed
into it.

- Sean




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