[openib-general] [PATCH] 2.6.20 ib_cm: limit cm message timeouts

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

> Quoting Sean Hefty <mshefty at ichips.intel.com>:
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.6.20 ib_cm: limit cm message timeouts
> 
> > Sean, do you plan to post a fixed patch?
> > We really need this in 2.6.20 I think.
> 
> I do plan on fixing this, but didn't think it was urgent, given that the problem 
> has gone this long without a fix.

OFED 1.1 included a work around, which solved the problem for some users.
I think its the high availability setups that suffer from it the most.
Others see a failure anyway.

> Wouldn't this only cause a problem if the target crashes between sending the MRA 
> and a REP?

Or in case of e.g. port failure. Which happens quite a lot when one does
high-availability testing, but it can happen for everyone.

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