[openib-general] Re: [openib-commits] r2695 - gen2/users/jlentini/linux-kernel/dat-provider

[Hal Rosenstock]

On Thu, 2005-06-23 at 15:18, jlentini at openib.org wrote: 
> Author: jlentini
> Date: 2005-06-23 12:18:14 -0700 (Thu, 23 Jun 2005)
> New Revision: 2695
> 
> Modified:
>    gen2/users/jlentini/linux-kernel/dat-provider/dapl_openib_cm.c
> Log:
> Retry normal packets but not the CM messages. CM message retries are 
> linked to dat_ep_connect()'s timeout value

> Signed-off-by: James Lentini <jlentini at netapp.com>
> 
> 
> Modified: gen2/users/jlentini/linux-kernel/dat-provider/dapl_openib_cm.c
> ===================================================================
> -- gen2/users/jlentini/linux-kernel/dat-provider/dapl_openib_cm.c	2005-06-23 19:15:12 UTC (rev 2694)
> +++ gen2/users/jlentini/linux-kernel/dat-provider/dapl_openib_cm.c	2005-06-23 19:18:14 UTC (rev 2695)
> @@ -39,10 +39,10 @@
...
>  #define DAPL_IB_CM_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT 20      /* 4 sec */
> -#define DAPL_IB_MAX_CM_RETRIES      4
> +#define DAPL_IB_MAX_CM_RETRIES      0

Until the algorithm previously discussed is implemented, changing
DAPL_IB_MAX_CM_RETRIES to 0 makes this more frail (in the case of a lost
REQ, etc.).

-- Hal