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Date:   Sun, 15 Nov 2020 13:24:25 +0200
From:   Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
To:     "Manikarnike, Vasuki" <vasuki-ramanujapuram.manikarnike@hpe.com>
Cc:     "linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: librdmacm: cleanup/reinit API?
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On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 10:38:50PM +0000, Manikarnike, Vasuki wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I notice that librdmacm does not have a reinit/deinit/cleanup API.
> I'm looking for ucma_cleanup(), sort of the opposite of ucma_init().
>
> The first call to rdma_get_devices() from the application calls ucma_init() if required.
> ucma_init() builds the  list of devices, and subsequent library calls use this list.
>
> We'd like to issue a full chip reset on a Mellanox CX-5 adapter by using the 'mlxfwreset' tool,
> and we'd like to do this without requiring our application to be restarted.

It is supported with this already merged PR.
https://github.com/linux-rdma/rdma-core/pull/750

Thanks