[openib-general] [PATCH] [CM] add private data comparison to match REQs with listens

Sean Hefty mshefty at ichips.intel.com
Thu Dec 1 11:39:28 PST 2005


Sean Hefty wrote:
> The following patch modifies the kernel CM API to support matching
> private data in received REQs against listen requests.  This allows the
> CM to support multiple listeners on the same service ID if a
> discriminator is carried in the private data.

As an update: further testing revealed that there is an issue with this 
implementation that is also found in the original code.  The issue deals with 
how listen requests that rely on a data mask are inserted and located in the 
red/black tree.  I'm trying to come up with a fix for this.

- Sean



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