Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: >> However, since understanding this patch in detail is important to a peer >> member individual/company of the community (myself/Voltaire)fo/openib-general > > I really would like to help. What is it that you want to know? > Here's an explanation from an older mail. Does this help? > > Work around for neighbour destructor issue for kernels < 2.6.17: > keep a global list of all ipoib neighbours. Use it in destructor to > 1. Verify that this neighbour belongs to an ipoib device > 2. Check that the neighbour is the last one to use the destructor, > if so reset the destructor pointer
OK, thanks for the info. The context here is the bonding support. We had an issue with distro (eg RH4 U3, SLES10) kernels that was not reproduced with upstream kernels and it seems to be related to the change you have pushed to 2.6.17. I will let you know if we need more clarifications. Or. _______________________________________________ openib-general mailing list openib-general@openib.org http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general