[openib-general] [PATCH] ib_sa: Fix kernel Oops caused by ib_sa unload

Tziporet Koren tziporet at dev.mellanox.co.il
Tue Dec 19 02:19:44 PST 2006


Yosef Etigin wrote:
> This is a fix to Sean's multicast patches for ofed 1.2.
>
> The issuse is described in: 
> http://www.mail-archive.com/openib-general@openib.org/msg27097.html
>
> The Oops happened because the multicast work handler was called
> after the multicast device structure was released. It happened because
> the multicast cleanup function 'mcast_remove_one' didn't wait for
> work queue completion on all ports before releasing the device, but 
> only N-1 ports.
>
> The patch applies after Sean's multicast patch series.
>
>   
Hi Yosef,
Very good that you found this bug.
Since Sean on vacation can you create a patch of the multicast module 
against the new code base of OFED (kernel 2.6.20-rc1)

Thanks,
Tziporet




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