[ofa-general] Re: [PATCH] eHCA: Add "Modify Port" verb

[Joachim Fenkes]

Roland Dreier <rdreier at cisco.com> wrote on 23.04.2007 21:20:14:

>  > +   if (hipz_h_query_port(shca->ipz_hca_handle, port, rblock) != 
H_SUCCESS) {
>  > +      ehca_err(&shca->ib_device, "Can't query port properties");
>  > +      ret = -EINVAL;
>  > +      goto modify_port1;
>  > +   }
>  > +
>  > +   cap = (rblock->capability_mask | props->set_port_cap_mask)
>  > +      & ~props->clr_port_cap_mask;
>  > +
>  > +   hret = hipz_h_modify_port(shca->ipz_hca_handle, port,
>  > +              cap, props->init_type, port_modify_mask);
> 
> Is this thread-safe?  What if two different bits are set at the same
> time from two different threads?  It seems that both calls could get
> the same result from hipz_h_query_port(), and then the second call to
> hipz_h_modify_port() would overwrite the first call.

Yes, you're so right.
 
> You could look at the implementation in mthca to see the locking I
> used there.

I'll do that, thanks for the hint!

Joachim

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