[openib-general] 2.6.14 heads up: ip_dev_find() not exported

Sean Hefty mshefty at ichips.intel.com
Tue Sep 27 16:30:05 PDT 2005


Sean Hefty wrote:
>> I noticed while compiling against an up-to-date kernel tree that SDP
>> and IBAT both use the function ip_dev_find().  The EXPORT_SYMBOL for
>> this function was removed during the 2.6.14 devel cycle.
> 
> 
> I'm calling using this routine in the rdam_cma code as well.  I call it 
> to get the local net_device before calling neigh_lookup().  I could call 
> neigh_lookup_nodev() instead.

FYI - calling neigh_lookup_nodev() and passing it the arp table will 
successfully crash the system.

- Sean



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