Leonid Keller wrote: > fdo_release_resources() in bus_pnp.c releases the last interface with > low-level driver only after IBAL cleanup with the following > explanation: > > /* AL needs the HCA to stick around until AL cleanup has completed. > ... */ > > My question is - why ? > How may/can IBAL proceed to work with HCA after CA has been > deregistered ? > What kind of works could be still pending ?
IBAL MAD processing threads may be in process of forwarding a MAD and/or MAD processing with the outcome of eventually accessing the HCA device. If the HCA is remove before AL shutdown.....boom! _______________________________________________ ofw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openfabrics.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ofw
