[openib-general] [PATCH] IB_CM: Limit the MRA timeout

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

Quoting r. Sean Hefty <mshefty at ichips.intel.com>:
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] IB_CM: Limit the MRA timeout
> 
> Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > So, let's just have a #define for now? And maybe print a warning so we can
> > figure out what's wrong ...
> 
> That sounds simple enough for now.  (maybe set to 21 = 8 seconds = 2 minutes 
> with retries?)  Having the maximum apply at least to remote CM timeout + service 
> timeout would be good.  (It appears that Intel MPI just hit into this issue 
> after setting the remote CM timeout to 31.)

OK. Patch?

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