***SPAM*** Re: [ofa-general] [PATCH] libibmad: remove functions which use pthread

Hal Rosenstock hal.rosenstock at gmail.com
Mon Feb 16 06:52:37 PST 2009


Sasha,

On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 12:04 PM, Sasha Khapyorsky <sashak at voltaire.com> wrote:
>
> I looked at implementation of safe_*() functions (safe_smp_query,
> safe_smp_set and safe_ca_call) and found that they are not actually
> "safe" as declared by its names. The only thread-unsafe thing which
> is used there is static 'mad_portid' structure (from rpc.c),

I'm not sure that the only thread unsafe thing in the mad rpc
mechanism is the portid.

> but modification of this structure is not protected by same mutex (actually
> not protected at all).

A first step would be removing the portid as static. If so, portid
would need to be a supplied parameter to various mad routines and the
existing ones relying on madrpc_portid would be deprecated. Does this
make sense to do ? Would you accept such a patch ?

-- Hal

> As far as I know nothing uses those safe_*() primitives right now outside
> libibmad, so I think it is better to remove this confused functions from
> API (with changing library version, etc.).
>
> The primitives madrpc_lock() and madrpc_unlock() are just wrappers to
> hidden static pthread mutex which is not controlled by caller
> application. I think that it will be more robust for multithreaded
> application to use its own synchronization methods (pthread mutex or any
> other) for better control. So let's remove madrpc_lock/unlock() too.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sasha Khapyorsky <sashak at voltaire.com>
> ---
>  libibmad/include/infiniband/mad.h |   41 -------------------------------------
>  libibmad/libibmad.ver             |    2 +-
>  libibmad/src/libibmad.map         |    2 -
>  libibmad/src/rpc.c                |   15 -------------
>  libibmad/src/sa.c                 |    5 ++-
>  5 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 61 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/libibmad/include/infiniband/mad.h b/libibmad/include/infiniband/mad.h
> index eff6738..89b4be5 100644
> --- a/libibmad/include/infiniband/mad.h
> +++ b/libibmad/include/infiniband/mad.h
> @@ -703,8 +703,6 @@ void *  madrpc_rmpp(ib_rpc_t *rpc, ib_portid_t *dport, ib_rmpp_hdr_t *rmpp,
>  void   madrpc_init(char *dev_name, int dev_port, int *mgmt_classes,
>                    int num_classes);
>  void   madrpc_save_mad(void *madbuf, int len);
> -void   madrpc_lock(void);
> -void   madrpc_unlock(void);
>  void   madrpc_show_errors(int set);
>
>  void * mad_rpc_open_port(char *dev_name, int dev_port, int *mgmt_classes,
> @@ -725,32 +723,6 @@ uint8_t * smp_query_via(void *buf, ib_portid_t *id, unsigned attrid,
>  uint8_t * smp_set_via(void *buf, ib_portid_t *id, unsigned attrid, unsigned mod,
>                      unsigned timeout, const void *srcport);
>
> -inline static uint8_t *
> -safe_smp_query(void *rcvbuf, ib_portid_t *portid, unsigned attrid, unsigned mod,
> -              unsigned timeout)
> -{
> -       uint8_t *p;
> -
> -       madrpc_lock();
> -       p = smp_query(rcvbuf, portid, attrid, mod, timeout);
> -       madrpc_unlock();
> -
> -       return p;
> -}
> -
> -inline static uint8_t *
> -safe_smp_set(void *rcvbuf, ib_portid_t *portid, unsigned attrid, unsigned mod,
> -            unsigned timeout)
> -{
> -       uint8_t *p;
> -
> -       madrpc_lock();
> -       p = smp_set(rcvbuf, portid, attrid, mod, timeout);
> -       madrpc_unlock();
> -
> -       return p;
> -}
> -
>  /* sa.c */
>  uint8_t * sa_call(void *rcvbuf, ib_portid_t *portid, ib_sa_call_t *sa,
>                  unsigned timeout);
> @@ -761,19 +733,6 @@ int        ib_path_query(ibmad_gid_t srcgid, ibmad_gid_t destgid, ib_portid_t *sm_id,
>  int    ib_path_query_via(const void *srcport, ibmad_gid_t srcgid,
>                          ibmad_gid_t destgid, ib_portid_t *sm_id, void *buf);
>
> -inline static uint8_t *
> -safe_sa_call(void *rcvbuf, ib_portid_t *portid, ib_sa_call_t *sa,
> -            unsigned timeout)
> -{
> -       uint8_t *p;
> -
> -       madrpc_lock();
> -       p = sa_call(rcvbuf, portid, sa, timeout);
> -       madrpc_unlock();
> -
> -       return p;
> -}
> -
>  /* resolve.c */
>  int    ib_resolve_smlid(ib_portid_t *sm_id, int timeout);
>  int    ib_resolve_guid(ib_portid_t *portid, uint64_t *guid,
> diff --git a/libibmad/libibmad.ver b/libibmad/libibmad.ver
> index 7e93c16..23d2dc2 100644
> --- a/libibmad/libibmad.ver
> +++ b/libibmad/libibmad.ver
> @@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
>  # API_REV - advance on any added API
>  # RUNNING_REV - advance any change to the vendor files
>  # AGE - number of backward versions the API still supports
> -LIBVERSION=5:0:4
> +LIBVERSION=2:0:0
> diff --git a/libibmad/src/libibmad.map b/libibmad/src/libibmad.map
> index 927e51c..f944d86 100644
> --- a/libibmad/src/libibmad.map
> +++ b/libibmad/src/libibmad.map
> @@ -72,14 +72,12 @@ IBMAD_1.3 {
>                madrpc;
>                madrpc_def_timeout;
>                madrpc_init;
> -               madrpc_lock;
>                madrpc_portid;
>                madrpc_rmpp;
>                madrpc_save_mad;
>                madrpc_set_retries;
>                madrpc_set_timeout;
>                madrpc_show_errors;
> -               madrpc_unlock;
>                ib_path_query;
>                sa_call;
>                sa_rpc_call;
> diff --git a/libibmad/src/rpc.c b/libibmad/src/rpc.c
> index 5226540..670a936 100644
> --- a/libibmad/src/rpc.c
> +++ b/libibmad/src/rpc.c
> @@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
>  #include <stdio.h>
>  #include <stdlib.h>
>  #include <unistd.h>
> -#include <pthread.h>
>  #include <string.h>
>  #include <errno.h>
>
> @@ -286,20 +285,6 @@ madrpc_rmpp(ib_rpc_t *rpc, ib_portid_t *dport, ib_rmpp_hdr_t *rmpp, void *data)
>        return mad_rpc_rmpp(&port, rpc, dport, rmpp, data);
>  }
>
> -static pthread_mutex_t rpclock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
> -
> -void
> -madrpc_lock(void)
> -{
> -       pthread_mutex_lock(&rpclock);
> -}
> -
> -void
> -madrpc_unlock(void)
> -{
> -       pthread_mutex_unlock(&rpclock);
> -}
> -
>  void
>  madrpc_init(char *dev_name, int dev_port, int *mgmt_classes, int num_classes)
>  {
> diff --git a/libibmad/src/sa.c b/libibmad/src/sa.c
> index 27b9d52..c601254 100644
> --- a/libibmad/src/sa.c
> +++ b/libibmad/src/sa.c
> @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ ib_path_query_via(const void *srcport, ibmad_gid_t srcgid, ibmad_gid_t destgid,
>        if (srcport) {
>                p = sa_rpc_call (srcport, buf, sm_id, &sa, 0);
>        } else {
> -               p = safe_sa_call(buf, sm_id, &sa, 0);
> +               p = sa_call(buf, sm_id, &sa, 0);
>        }
>        if (!p) {
>                IBWARN("sa call path_query failed");
> @@ -142,8 +142,9 @@ ib_path_query_via(const void *srcport, ibmad_gid_t srcgid, ibmad_gid_t destgid,
>        mad_decode_field(p, IB_SA_PR_DLID_F, &dlid);
>        return dlid;
>  }
> +
>  int
>  ib_path_query(ibmad_gid_t srcgid, ibmad_gid_t destgid, ib_portid_t *sm_id, void *buf)
>  {
> -       return ib_path_query_via (NULL, srcgid, destgid, sm_id, buf);
> +       return ib_path_query_via(NULL, srcgid, destgid, sm_id, buf);
>  }
> --
> 1.6.0.4.766.g6fc4a
>
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