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

[Hal Rosenstock]

Sasha,

On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 12:10 AM, Sasha Khapyorsky <sashak at voltaire.com> wrote:
> Hi Hal,
>
> On 10:20 Wed 18 Feb     , Hal Rosenstock wrote:
>> On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 7:33 PM, Sasha Khapyorsky <sashak at voltaire.com> wrote:
>> > On 18:21 Tue 17 Feb     , Hal Rosenstock wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > For utilities which run once through I think the old functions work just
>> >> > fine.
>> >>
>> >> Well, sort of... Aren't mad_portid "collisions" possible when multiple
>> >> programs are run concurrently ?
>> >
>> > No.
>>
>> With the old API, mad_portid can be overwritten by another process or
>> thread. Another thread is not an expected use case but it is possible.
>
> Yes, but you asked about "collisions" between different programs
> (processes) run.

Another language issue.

-- Hal

>
> Sasha
>