Re: [infiniband-diags] fix libibnetdisc portguid hashing corner case

[Sasha Khapyorsky <sashak-smomgflXvOZWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>]

On 10:48 Wed 14 Apr     , Al Chu wrote:
> Hey Sasha,
> 
> This patch fixes a corner case in libibnetdisc that was storing
> portguids w/ a guid of 0.
> 
> This bug was relatively innoucuous for ibnetdiscover b/c ibnetdiscover
> does not output these ports.  However, it became a problem for me in the
> caching library as I attempted to reconstruct a fabric, and multiple
> ports were identifying themselves with identical guids [1].
> 
> Al
> 
> [1] - The fact the caching code assumes duplicate guids can't exist is
> also a bug.  But that's for another patch.  This is a bug by itself.
> 
> -- 
> Albert Chu
> chu11-i2BcT+NCU+M@public.gmane.org
> Computer Scientist
> High Performance Systems Division
> Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

> Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:01:43 -0700
> From: Albert Chu <chu11-i2BcT+NCU+M@public.gmane.org>
> Subject: [PATCH] fix libibnetdisc portguid hashing corner case
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> Signed-off-by: Albert Chu <chu11-i2BcT+NCU+M@public.gmane.org>

Applied. Thanks.

Sasha
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