[openib-general] Re: [PATCH] ipoib_mcast_restart_task

Roland Dreier rdreier at cisco.com
Wed Apr 5 10:15:26 PDT 2006


    Michael> Assume that you have mcast point to random kernel data.
    Michael> doing things like skb_dequeue(&mcast->pkt_queue) will now
    Michael> do random things to random memory locations, it could be
    Michael> stack or anything else.

Yes, true.  Maybe it is just random corruption that causes the crash
right at the beginning of ipoib_mcast_sendonly_join_complete().

 - R.



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