[openib-general] [PATCH v2 1/7] AMSO1100 Low Level Driver.

[Steve Wise]

> > Now that I've looked more into this, I'm not sure there's a
> > simple way for the IWCM to copy the pdata on the upcall.
> > Currently, the IWCM's event upcall, cm_event_handler(),
> > simply queues the work for processing on a workqueue thread.
> > So there's no per-event logic at all there.
> > Lemme think on this more.  Stay tuned.
> > 
> > Either way, the amso driver has a memory leak...
> > 
> 
> Having the IWCM copy the pdata during the upcall also leaves
> the greatest flexibility for the driver on how/where the pdata
> is captured. The IWCM has to deal with user-mode, indefinite
> delays waiting for a response and user-mode processes that die
> while holding a connection request. So it makes sense for that
> layer to do the allocating and copying.

I've already coded and test this.  The IWCM will copy the pdata...

Steve.