[openib-general] MAD request/response completion order

[Fab Tillier]

> From: Sean Hefty [mailto:mshefty at ichips.intel.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 4:09 PM
> 
> Does anyone have a preference which order request/response MADs complete?
> Sends first always?  Receives first always?  Whatever is convenient?
> 

The only reason I can think of to report receives before sends is to support
user-mode.  If a receive can't be reported to a user-mode client, then the
corresponding send should not carry a status value that would indicate that
a receive was - it should be over-ridden to indicate something equivalent to
a timeout since the receive will not be delivered.

If we don't care about user-mode, then I think whatever is most convenient
makes sense.

- Fab