> From: Scott Atchley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 07:21:38 -0500
>
>
> Two other comments:
>
> 1) Do not hold any locks when calling any lnet_ functions.
Indeed. And I forgot to mention that you have to be in thread context too!
> Yikes. Yes. I'm pretty sure I wasn't, but good to keep in mind.
>
> Does that really mean no locks at all, or no locks that could turn into
> recursive lock attempts due to lnet calling back in? Are the lnet things
> (which get called into by lnd) all non-blocking?
LNET will not block when you call lnet_finalize() unless it is to allocate
memory. But it can call you back (e.g. to send an ACK when you finalize a
PUT).
All in all, it's best not to be holding any locks at all.
Cheers,
Eric
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