[openib-general] Re: [Bug 28] ipoib_mcast_sendonly_join_complete oops

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

Quoting r. Roland Dreier <rdreier at cisco.com>:
> Subject: Re: [Bug 28] ipoib_mcast_sendonly_join_complete oops
> 
>     Michael> This is with svn trunk, so its almost identical to
>     Michael> 2.6.17-rc1.
> 
> svn trunk as of when?

Good question, bugzilla has a singularly uninformative "gen2"
in version field. I think its the date of filing or the day
before that - 04/01 or 04/02.

>     Michael> One thing that I consider gross in our ipoib code is the
>     Michael> way ipoib_mcast_start_thread is autostarted from
>     Michael> restart_task
> 
>     Michael>        if (test_bit(IPOIB_FLAG_ADMIN_UP, &priv->flags))
>     Michael> ipoib_mcast_start_thread(dev);
> 
> But the multicast task can't start send-only joins, can it?  So I
> don't think this is related.

Hmm, good point.

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Michael S. Tsirkin
Staff Engineer, Mellanox Technologies