On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 12:02:36PM -0800, Ralph Campbell wrote: > I have been tracking down a kernel panic while running qperf udp_bw > tests and it looks like ib_ipoib is using memory after freeing it. > > The problem is with connected mode. I don't see the panic with > datagram mode. Looking at the source code, I see that the process > of creating the QP with the connection manager, ipoib_cm_create_tx(), > has pointers to struct ipoib_neigh and struct ipoib_path but there > doesn't seem to be a reference count or struct completion similar to > the way the SA path record look up process has to prevent this. > > I'm working on a patch to test this theory but wanted to post > this before going too far in case others are already aware > of the problem and working on it. >
Could what you're seeing be related to what's reported here: http://lists.openfabrics.org/pipermail/general/2008-April/049629.html ? -- Arthur -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
