[ofa-general] [RFC PATCH 4/4] rdma/cma: implementRDMA_ALIGN_WITH_NETDEVICE ha mode

[Steve Wise]

Or Gerlitz wrote:
> Sean Hefty wrote:
>> I thought about this, and I agree that it's worth exploring.  The 
>> locking to
>> support device removal ended up being fairly complex.  (I'm not sure 
>> it would
>> have been any easier for ULPs to do this though.)  The main counter I 
>> see to
>> using a separate channel is that device removal is invoked per 
>> rdma_cm_id, so
>> there's precedence for invoking the callback per id.
>>
>> My expectation is that this is a rare event.
> Sean, Steve,
> 
> Yes, this is rare event. I have stated at the [v2 0/5] email posting why 
> I prefer this to be ID affiliated event, will be glad to hear your 
> feedback on my arguments.
> 

ID affiliated event seems reasonable.  Especially since its rare anyway.

Steve.