[openib-general] OFED ipoib_8111_to_2_6_16.patch

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

> Quoting Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz at voltaire.com>:
> Subject: Re: OFED ipoib_8111_to_2_6_16.patch
> 
> Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> >> However, since understanding this patch in detail is important to a peer 
> >> member individual/company of the community (myself/Voltaire)fo/openib-general
> > 
> > I really would like to help. What is it that you want to know?
> > Here's an explanation from an older mail. Does this help?
> > 
> > 	Work around for neighbour destructor issue for kernels < 2.6.17:
> > 	keep a global list of all ipoib neighbours. Use it in destructor to
> > 	1. Verify that this neighbour belongs to an ipoib device
> > 	2. Check that the neighbour is the last one to use the destructor,
> > 	if so reset the destructor pointer
> 
> OK, thanks for the info. The context here is the bonding support. We had 
> an issue with distro (eg RH4 U3, SLES10) kernels that was not reproduced 
> with upstream kernels and it seems to be related to the change you have 
> pushed to 2.6.17. I will let you know if we need more clarifications.

Was the issue triggered at ipoib module unload?

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