> Quoting Roland Dreier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Subject: Re: [PATCH] IB/mad: fix duplicated kernel thread name > > > The mad module creates thread per active port where the thread name is > > derived from the port name. This cause different threads to have same > > names when there are multiple devices. Fix that by using both the device > > and the port numbers to derive the name. > > What problem does the duplicate name cause in the first place?
I don't really see a any serious problem this would cause. However, creating a thread per port does seem somewhat arbitrary, and would mean wasting (a small amount of) resources apparently for no gain if there are lots of HCA ports in a box. Further, renicing the mad thread to work around bug 229 <https://bugs.openfabrics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=229> is easier if there's a fixed number of threads: as it is, the threads come and go on hotplug, so the renicing must be repeated on each hotplug event. -- MST _______________________________________________ general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openfabrics.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
