[ofa-general] Re: [PATCH] ib/mad: fix incorrect access to items on local_list

Roland Dreier rdreier at cisco.com
Fri Nov 30 11:08:45 PST 2007


 > The mads on the local_list hold a reference on the agent.  The completions may
 > come after cancel_mads() return, but should be processed before the agent is
 > fully unregistered.  This shouldn't be any different than mads that are removed
 > from the local_list in local_completions(), which get missed by cancel_mads(),
 > but are still completed.

Yes, makes sense.  I think this patch is a good idea, but let's try to
get confirmation that it fixes the issue.

Thanks...



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