linux-kernel - Re: [ewg] [PATCH] IB/ehca: Protect QP against destroying until all async events for it are handled.

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Message-ID: <adar6ceuh4v.fsf@cisco.com>
Date:	Wed, 07 May 2008 11:02:40 -0700
From:	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>
To:	Stefan Roscher <ossrosch@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"LinuxPPC-Dev" <linuxppc-dev@...abs.org>,
	"OF-EWG" <ewg@...ts.openfabrics.org>, fenkes@...ibm.com,
	raisch@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [ewg] [PATCH] IB/ehca: Protect QP against destroying until all async events for it are handled.

 > I agree, that's why I posted the driver fix first.

Glad we agree :)

I thought about it a little more and really convinced myself that there
is no good way for generic code to handle this race.

 > So, will you apply it next?

Yes, will apply it shortly.

 - R.
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