[openib-general] CM private data

[Sean Hefty]

Fab Tillier wrote:
> I'm still for hiding the RTU private data.  I think it's useless because
> it's unreliable - anything exchanged via private data in the RTU must also
> be exchanged by other means in case the connection is established before the
> RTU is received.  Any ULPs that depend on the RTU private data are setting
> themselves up for potential failures.

This depends on the implementation.  If the server side of a connection 
initiates the data transfer, it cannot do so until an RTU is received.

- Sean