[ofa-general] Another XRC binary compatable issue for different pthread version.

[Gleb Natapov]

On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 03:15:01PM +0000, Tang, Changqing wrote:
> 
> Without using XRC fields, everything seems to work OK.
> 
It's only seems so. Access to events_completed should be also
problematic.

> --CQ
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Roland Dreier [mailto:rdreier at cisco.com]
> > Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 7:24 AM
> > To: Tang, Changqing
> > Cc: general at lists.openfabrics.org
> > Subject: Re: [ofa-general] Another XRC binary compatable
> > issue for different pthread version.
> >
> >  >         Here is the ibv_srq structure:
> >  >
> >  > struct ibv_srq {
> >  ...
> >  >         pthread_cond_t          cond;
> >
> >  > On redhat 5 system, since it has a new pthread version,
> > 'pthread_cond_t' is larger  > than on redhat 4 system.
> >
> > Yikes... I don't see any way to handle this without breaking
> > the libibverbs ABI for all existing binaries, since we have
> > to move pthread_cond_t out of all exposed structures....
> >
> > Any ideas??
> >
> >  - R.
> >
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			Gleb.