[openib-general] [PATCH ] RFC IB/cm do not track remote QPN in timewait state

Sean Hefty mshefty at ichips.intel.com
Tue Aug 29 12:23:47 PDT 2006


Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
>>Verbs gets local_ack_timeout through qp_attr.timeout when modifying the QP to 
>>RTS.
> 
> 
> Isn't that RTR?

It's the transition from RTR to RTS.

> So it seems we won't need any API changes. This begins to look good.
> I waner what Roland and other low level driver maintainers think.

The requirement then is that a lower level driver will not allocate a QP until 
it exits timewait.  Note that this doesn't prevent a user from re-using a QP 
with the CM too soon, but that should only affect that user.

- Sean




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