[ofa-general] [PATCH 1/3]: IB/core: allow lockless SRQ
Sean Hefty
mshefty at ichips.intel.com
Wed Oct 10 09:46:38 PDT 2007
Eli Cohen wrote:
> Allow to modify a SRQ to be lockless
>
> This patch allow the consumer to call ib_modify_srq and specify
> whether the SRQ is lockless or not.
I would think this needs to be specified at SRQ creation time.
Otherwise, you can end up with a race where the SRQ is modified to/from
lockless while in a call, resulting in either not releasing a lock, or
releasing one that wasn't acquired.
- Sean
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