[ofa-general] [PATCHv6 RDMA CM IPv6 2/2] RDMA CM

Sean Hefty sean.hefty at intel.com
Tue Dec 2 11:21:40 PST 2008


>It seems that  check for IPv6 loopback address on IB interface is
>unwarranted, because ::1 address "may never be assigned to physical
>interface".
>
>RFC3513, Section 2.5.3.
>
>
>So, previous patch can be applied safely

I don't understand what you're leading to.  The rdma_cm basically treats
loopback addresses as 'any', and maps the address to the first RDMA port in its
list, so that loopback addresses are unusable.

- Sean




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