[ewg] Re: [ofa-general] Re: [PATCH] IPoIB: fix race when manipulating mcast SKBs queue

[Eli Cohen]

On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 11:12:39AM -0800, Roland Dreier wrote:
> I don't see why this would be required.  When ipoib_mcast_free() runs,
> the mcast structure has been removed from all lists and I don't see how
> any other context could simultaneously be adding packets to pkt_queue.
> What is the race that you think this fixes?
> 
I missed the fact that mcasts are moved to "remove list" so I guess I
there is another problem out there.