[openib-general] Re: SPAM: [PATCH] [RFC] - dapl - dat_ep_free() can return without freeing the endpoint

[Steve Wise]

On Tue, 2006-04-04 at 15:12 -0700, Sean Hefty wrote:
> James Lentini wrote:
> > /* ... here */
> > 
> >           if (cm_id) {
> >                   if (cm_id->qp)
> >                           rdma_destroy_qp(cm_id);
> >                   rdma_destroy_id(cm_id);
> >           }
> >           dapl_os_free(conn, sizeof(*conn));
> >   }
> > 
> > Destroying the cm_id while in a callback would be bad.
> 
> rdma_destroy_id() will block if a callback is in progress.  The issue is making 
> sure that this routine is not called from the callback thread.
> 

This is all in user mode.  Does this issue still exist?

> There shouldn't be any issue calling rdma_destroy_qp() regardless of if we're in 
> a callback or not though.  So, the fix may be to always call rdma_destroy_qp() 
> somewhere in this call path.
> 
> - Sean