[openib-general] [PATCH 0/4] Dispatch communication related events to the IB CM

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

Quoting r. Roland Dreier <rdreier at cisco.com>:
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] Dispatch communication related events to the IB CM
> 
>  > Or asked about removing the ib_cm_establish() call from the API.  It was left as
>  > part of the API to avoid breaking the ABI, and still allow users to force
>  > connection establishment in case they poll a receive WC before the COMM_EST
>  > event occurs.
> 
> Changing the in-kernel interface is no big deal, so I don't think that
> needs to be considered.  However the second reason seems valid to me.
> Without ib_cm_establish() it's not clear what a consumer can do if a
> receive is polled before the communication established event.


Hmm.
This means we *still* need rdma_cm_establish().

Now *that* is the simple fix we need for 2.6.18.
Sean?

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