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

Or Gerlitz ogerlitz at voltaire.com
Tue Dec 19 02:44:13 PST 2006


Tziporet Koren wrote:
> 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)

I don't think this is possible since as Michael has said, Sean has to 
rebase the multicast patches on top of 2.6.20-rc1 (the v2 patch series 
was based on 2.6.19 and v3 was the one that merged which is w.o them).

Or.





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