[openib-general] Re: [RFC] Kernel uverbs changes for PathScale merge

Roland Dreier rolandd at cisco.com
Thu Oct 13 14:40:51 PDT 2005


    Michael> What prevents the user from passing e.g. poll cq command
    Michael> on mthca device? If that happens, it seems that
    Michael> ib_poll_cq will then crash.

    Michael> Is there a mask somewhere that lets the device specify
    Michael> which uverbs commands are allowed for it?

Hmm, excellent point.  A mask would be one way to avoid this -- let me
think about whether there's a better way to handle this.

Thanks,
  Roland




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