[openib-general] OpenSM and Wrong SM_Key

[Eitan Zahavi]

Hi Troy,

> >
> > What I hear you saying is:
> > 1. There needs to be a parameter to control the SM behavior if it
finds
> > another SM with non matching SM Key:
> > -> Either to ignore it or to die. We can do that. No problem!
> 
> Is it possible to have another option as well, to attempt to disable
the
> port the SM with the non-matching key is connected to?
[EZ] I think that due to the race condition built into this option we
might end up with cases where the two SMs ports are shut down (close
each other's port) or when both of them ignore the shut down and restart
their local port.