[openib-general] [PATCH] ib_cm: randomize starting local comm IDs

[Or Gerlitz]

On 8/23/06, Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at mellanox.co.il> wrote:
> Quoting r. Or Gerlitz <or.gerlitz at gmail.com>:

> > So the CM at the target side rejects the first REQ after the client
> > reboot with STALE reason (and deliveres a disconnect event to the
> > ULP). The second REQ is processed fine and a new connection is
> > established.

> Hmm. Might this still be a concern for users such as SDP
> which don't retry connections?

I don't know if "this" in your email referes to the quote above but what
i discribe there is what stated in the IB spec ch. 12 re stale connections.

So you need to either rely on the SDP consumer to reconnect or when
getting a STALE reject attempt to reconnect from SDP.

Or.