[openib-general] [PATCH]rmmod could crash in tx_ring[].skb & rx_ring[].skb.
Shirley Ma
mashirle at us.ibm.com
Wed Feb 9 11:47:57 PST 2005
I am going through the IPoIB code. I found rmmod could cause
kernel crash. It's easy to fix tx_ring with tx_lock. rx_ring[].skb has
the same problem, inducing another lock in ipoib_ib_handle_wc()
just for rmmod is too costly. Any other suggestion?
Here is the patch for tx_ring[].skb.
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Thanks
Shirley Ma
IBM Linux Technology Center
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