[openib-general] [PATCH 00/12] ofed_1_2 - Neighbour update support

[Steve Wise]

On Fri, 2007-02-02 at 08:03 +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > We could use a global refcnt to count the number of pending destructions
> > and use a completion object to block unload until all the destructors
> > fire and the refcnt goes to zero.
> 
> It has the same race as module refcnt. So just use that.
> 

I don't understand the race.  Can you explain please?  This should be
able to be done without a race with a refcnt, a spinlock, a bit saying
we're unloading, and a completion object.

But maybe I'm confused ;-)