Re: [PATCH for-next v11 11/13] RDMA/rxe: Add wait_for_completion to pool objects

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On 3/15/22 19:17, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 03, 2022 at 06:08:07PM -0600, Bob Pearson wrote:
>> Reference counting for object deletion can cause an object to
>> wait for something else to happen before an object gets deleted.
>> The destroy verbs can then return to rdma-core with the object still
>> holding references. Adding wait_for_completion in this path
>> prevents this.
> 
> Maybe call this rxe_pool_destroy() or something instead of wait
> 
> wait doesn't really convay to the reader tha the memory is free after
> it returns
> 
> Jason

which is correct because except for MRs which are freed in completion code
all the other objects are just passed back to rdma-core which will free them
in its own good time.

Bob



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