From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: swise@opengridcomputing.com (Steve Wise) Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2016 08:51:03 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] iw_cm: free cm_id resources on the last deref In-Reply-To: <578F3B92.2050803@grimberg.me> References: <93c3c47c16406ef00184011948424a9597e4c6b8.1468879135.git.swise@opengridcomputing.com> <578F3B92.2050803@grimberg.me> Message-ID: <027401d1e28d$c15bcca0$441365e0$@opengridcomputing.com> > > > 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.