[openib-general] [PATCH] [RFC] ofed_1_2 - SLES9SP3 Backport - IWCM workaround for ip_dev_find() bug.

[Steve Wise]

On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 21:22 +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > Quoting Sean Hefty <mshefty at ichips.intel.com>:
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH] [RFC] ofed_1_2 - SLES9SP3 Backport - IWCM workaround for ip_dev_find() bug.
> > 
> > > Actually, yes it does.  Here's one case (that I just tested :):
> > > 
> > > If you rdma_bind() to an explicit address local address, it will fail.
> > > 
> > > Foo!
> > > 
> > > I guess I'll need to address the uses of ip_dev_find() in addr.c as well
> > > before we commit this.
> > 
> > Can we just backport our own version of ip_dev_find()?  We had this once before 
> > in svn when they removed it from being exported from the kernel.
> 
> Yes, this is in kernel_addons for 2.6.19 or something like that.
> Just copy from there, much cleaner than the patch.
> 	

I just realized that ip_dev_find() is being redefined to xxx_ip_dev_find
for sles9sp3.  So maybe this function is causing the error.  Stay tuned.


Steve.