[openib-general] [libsdp] RFC: Configuration file enhancements

[Eitan Zahavi]

Hi All,

I would like to get your comments for the following libsdp enhancements:
1. Today: If libsdp.config file does not exist or is not specifying any
match rule no SDP socket is used
    Change: Under the above conditions all sockets will be SDP sockets
(as if SIMPLE_LIBSDP was env set)
2. Today: No way to match all programs or ports and exclude a few
    Change: New "unmatch" directive will allow exclusion from SDP
sockets. Will support same syntax as "match".
                  Example simple config to map all programs to SDP
excluding a single server by its name:
                  unmatch program myLowPriorityServerProgName
                  match program *
3. Today: "match_both" is not clearly described as applying to passive
side only, even though it does 
                 not have a meaning for "active" side (since connection
is either on INET or SDP)
    Change: Wrror on cases where the user specified match_both
destination ...
4. Today: If connect over SDP fails an automatic fall back to INET
socket is performed
    Change: "match_fallback" should be used for active side rules when
fallback is required. Moreover
                  "match" will not fallback - i.e. if SDP socket is
required and fail - connect will return an error.

Thanks

Eitan Zahavi
Senior Engineering Director, Software Architect
Mellanox Technologies LTD
Tel:+972-4-9097208
Fax:+972-4-9593245
P.O. Box 586 Yokneam 20692 ISRAEL


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