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From: swise@opengridcomputing.com (Steve Wise)
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] iw_cm: free cm_id resources on the last deref
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2016 08:51:03 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <027401d1e28d$c15bcca0$441365e0$@opengridcomputing.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <578F3B92.2050803@grimberg.me>


> 
> > Remove the complicated logic to free the cm_id resources in iw_cm event
> > handlers vs when an application thread destroys the device.  I'm not sure
> > why this code was written, but simply allowing the last deref to free
> > the memory is cleaner.  It also prevents a deadlock when applications
> > try to destroy cm_id's in their cm event handler function.
> 
> The description here is misleading. we can never destroy the cm_id
> inside the cm_id handler. Also, I don't think the deadlock was on cm_id
> removal but rather on the qp referenced by the cm_id. I think the change
> log can be improved.
>

I'll reword it. 
 
> The patch looks fine to me.

  reply	other threads:[~2016-07-20 13:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-07-18 21:58 [PATCH RFC 0/3] iwarp device removal deadlock fix Steve Wise
2016-07-18 20:44 ` [PATCH 1/3] iw_cm: free cm_id resources on the last deref Steve Wise
2016-07-20  8:51   ` Sagi Grimberg
2016-07-20 13:51     ` Steve Wise [this message]
2016-07-21 14:17       ` Steve Wise
     [not found]       ` <045f01d1e35a$93618a60$ba249f20$@opengridcomputing.com>
2016-07-21 15:45         ` Steve Wise
2016-07-18 20:44 ` [PATCH 2/3] iw_cxgb4: don't block in destroy_qp awaiting " Steve Wise
2016-07-20  8:52   ` Sagi Grimberg
2016-07-18 20:44 ` [PATCH 3/3] nvme-rdma: Fix device removal handling Sagi Grimberg
2016-07-21  8:15   ` Christoph Hellwig
2016-07-22 18:37   ` Steve Wise
2016-07-20  8:47 ` [PATCH RFC 0/3] iwarp device removal deadlock fix Sagi Grimberg
2016-07-20 13:49   ` Steve Wise

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