[ofa-general] tcp/rdma port unification patch in librdmacm

[Steve Wise]

Or Gerlitz wrote:
> Steve Wise wrote:
>> It seems like kernel RDMA protocols are all getting IANA-assigned 
>> port numbers that alleviates the need for TCP/RDMA port unification.  
>> NFSRDMA and RDS are two.  But user applications like mvapich2 and 
>> other mpis often let the stack choose a local port number on-which to 
>> bind/listen.
> Hi Steve,
>
> You have mentioned the listeners, but what about the ports used for 
> the connection itself? isn't it correct that when the TOE stack 
> accepts the rNFS connection request to port X - still a different port 
> Y would be used for the connection itself ? but if the Linux TCP stack 
> would have (say) iperf bind to port Y then you are again in troubles - 
> am I missing anything here?
>
> Or.
>

There is no "different port Y".  I don't understand what you mean.