[ewg] [PATCH] [for-2.6.33] rdma/cm: disallow loopback address for iwarp devices

Steve Wise swise at opengridcomputing.com
Mon Feb 8 06:29:58 PST 2010


This patch doesn't solve the openmpi/IB regression.   So for OFED, IMO, 
we need a different patch...


Tziporet Koren wrote:
> On 2/8/2010 8:02 AM, Sean Hefty wrote:
>> Since iWarp devices are not guaranteed to support loopback connections,
>> prevent rdma_bind_addr from associating the loopback address with
>> an iWarp device.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Sean Hefty<sean.hefty at intel.com>
>>    
>
> Steve
> Have you tested this patch?
> When accepted to kernel can you prepare a patch for OFED 1.5.1 under 
> fixes
>
> Thanks
> Tziporet




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