[openib-general] [PATCH 3/5 v3] 2.6.20 rdma/cma: allow early transition to RTS to handle lost CM messages

[Sean Hefty]

> Just to clarify this point - what connecton messages can be lost?
> E.g. if the passive side does not get an RTU for a while, it will
> retry the REP, won't it?  Diagram 12.9.6 seems to indicate so:
> from REP Sent we should go to RTU timeout, Send REP and back to REP Sent.
> Is this implemented?

REP retries are already implemented in the ib_cm.  This handles the case where 
the RTU is repeatedly lost, but data is still received on the connection.

- Sean