[ofa-general] Re: NOSRQ misc patch [PATCH V1]

Pradeep Satyanarayana pradeeps at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Sun Jul 22 00:16:10 PDT 2007


Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
>> @@ -1168,9 +1170,9 @@ static struct ib_qp *ipoib_cm_create_tx_
>>  	attr.recv_cq = priv->cq;
>>  	attr.srq = priv->cm.srq;
>>  	attr.cap.max_send_wr = ipoib_sendq_size;
>> -	attr.cap.max_recv_wr = 1;
>> +	attr.cap.max_recv_wr = 0;
>>  	attr.cap.max_send_sge = 1;
>> -	attr.cap.max_recv_sge = 1;
>> +	attr.cap.max_recv_sge = 0;
>>  	attr.sq_sig_type = IB_SIGNAL_ALL_WR;
>>  	attr.qp_type = IB_QPT_RC;
>>  	attr.send_cq = cq;
> 
> I don't see how does this fix things.
> This line 
>>  	attr.srq = priv->cm.srq;
> connected the TX QP to SRQ, making it possible to get packets on this QP.
> But if cm.srq is NULL, and a remote sends a packet on this connection,
> the connection will get closed. Which is a quality of implementation issue.
> 
When the QP numbers are exchanged correctly, then it should not receive
a packet on this QP in the first place. That is an error case and so should
be a rare event. Assuming that still happens, that should be setup again 
because it is an RC connection.

Pradeep




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