[openib-general] ucma into kernel.org

[Sean Hefty]

Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> TCP sockets just expose this to application through the
> TCP_SYNCNT option.
> 
> Which leads again to my suggestion: since both TCP and IB CM have this, let us
> change max_cm_retries to max_request_retries, and add this in rdma_cm as a
> generic option.

I'm not against adding in generic option for this, but the retry values have 
different limits.  IB is limited to a maximum of 15, while TCP has a maximum of 255.

- Sean