[openib-general] Re: [PATCH] ib_mad: prevent duplicateoutstanding MADtransactions with same TID

[Sean Hefty]

Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> I think we can use the method field for this.
> C15-0.1.18:
> 
> ...
> . The method used for all packets sent from the Receiver to the Sender
> shall be SubnAdmGetTable() or SubnAdmGetTraceTable(), depending
> on which initiated the transfer.
> 
> . The method used for all packets sent from the Sender to the Receiver
> shall be SubnAdmGetTableResp().

I'd like to resist putting protocol specific knowledge into the MAD layer as 
much as possible.  Such a fix is unlikely to apply in more generic cases.  I 
believe that this is an architectural issue that would be best addressed at that 
level.

- Sean