[openib-general] 2 patches in mst-for-2.6.18

Roland Dreier rdreier at cisco.com
Wed Jul 19 08:40:09 PDT 2006


 > [PATCH] IB/ipoib: fix packet loss after hardware address update

Hm, OK I guess.  Are we sure that the memcmp in the data path is OK?

 > [PATCH] IB/mad: validate MADs for spec compliance C13-18.1.1

Seems fine but I wonder why the ib_response_mad function moved into a
public header.

Also, how does this patch do this:

 > Also verify that RMPP MADs are data only, to avoid a userspace
 > app causing a kernel crash by sending non-data MADs.

what is the crash?  And how does adding a check for the BM class fix this?

 - R.




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