[openib-general] Re: [PATCH] CMA and iWARP

[Steve Wise]

On Tue, 2006-01-24 at 09:13 -0800, Roland Dreier wrote:
>     Tom> The intended behavior is to provide "full coordination". For
>     Tom> the example you give, I would expect that rdma_resolve_addr
>     Tom> would fail due to to a timeout waiting for an ARP reply.
> 
> OK, now I'm going off into crazy-land, but I could have a rule that
> filters on source MAC and ethertype, and lets ARPs but no other
> packets through.
> 
>  - R.

Perhaps the netfilter subsystem also needs similar notifier hooks?  Then
the iwarp CM could be notified of netfilter changes and notify providers
to go re-examine the rules and kill any connections that violate the
rules.

Just thinking out loud...