[openib-general] [Bug 325] RDMA_CM and address translation broken on sles9sp3

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

> Quoting Steve Wise <swise at opengridcomputing.com>:
> Subject: Re: [Bug 325] RDMA_CM and address translation broken on sles9sp3
> 
> 
> Tziporet, 
> 
> I didn't think we were going to apply this patch until Michael tested it
> with SDP/IPoIB on various distros. 
> 
> Michael, did you get a chance to test it (I'm guessing not since you
> were out sick)?  

Right, I'm not at the lab. I assume Vlad tested this before applying.

> The reason I'm concerned is that it changes the behavior of
> xxx_ip_dev_find() and _all_ backports, and we needed to test it out and
> make sure it doesn't regress anything.  If it causes problems on other
> backports, the plan was to just fix the sles9sp3 backport and leave the
> others alone. 
> 
> With the test build vlad published yesterday which has this patch,
> rhel4u4 kernel wasn't working for me with iWARP and I'm afraid it might
> be due to this patch.  I'm investigating this now.

In actual fact, xxx_ip_dev_find is not even *needed* on anything
except 2.6.14, 2.6.15, 2.6.16 and 2.6.17: these are the kernels
which do not export ip_dev_find.


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