[openib-general] Re: [PATCH fixed] ipoib: device removal races

Roland Dreier rolandd at cisco.com
Mon Aug 15 07:45:06 PDT 2005


    Michael> Here's fix for this theoretical race (I didnt see it
    Michael> triggered in real life).  This needs to be applied in
    Michael> addition to my previous patch, which fixes a crash I
    Michael> actually see in the lab.

Thanks.  For this patch, why do we need to use a different workqueue
rather than sharing the existing IPoIB workqueue?

    Michael> Roland, I think at least the previous one-line patch
    Michael> should go in to 2.6.13. Do you have it?

Yes, I have it in my queue.  I think it's too late to add this to
2.6.13, since it's not really critical, but we can propose it for
2.6.13.1.

 - R.



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