[ofa-general] Re: re [NET]: Fix neighbour destructor handling

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

> Quoting Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz at voltaire.com>:
> Subject: Re: re [NET]: Fix neighbour destructor handling
> 
> Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> >Quoting Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz at voltaire.com>:
> >I just came across this patch, can you educate me a little what is the 
> >implication (what problem it came to solve, if there is such) on ipoib?
> 
> >Or,
> >	you should find this in lkml or openfabrics archives.
> >	Look for my message titled "dst_ifdown breaks infiniband"
> >	and follow the discussion.
> 
> OK, thanks for the clarification.
> 
> Now, just to make sure, my understanding is that the ipoib 
> neigh_destructor patch to support bonding (pushed by MoniS to OFED 1.2)
> is --still-- needed also with this neigh_destructor to neigh_cleanup 
> change, correct?

Bonding is basically broken for IPoIB, both before and after this patch.
And BTW, while Moni's patch seems to make things crash less frequently for him,
it does not really fix this. I hope he'll post something more robust
before OFED 1.2 is out.


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