[openib-general] IPoIB and lid change

Michael S. Tsirkin mst at mellanox.co.il
Wed Feb 8 12:14:04 PST 2006


Hi, Roland!
One issue we have with IPoIB is that IPoIB may cache a remote node path for a
long time. Remote LID may get changed e.g. if the SM is changed, and IPoIB might
lose connectivity.

One simple way to address this would be to have a list of all
address handles per net device and kill them on an SM change event.

What do you think?

-- 
Michael S. Tsirkin
Staff Engineer, Mellanox Technologies



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