[ofa-general] [RFC] handling slow listeners in rdma_cm

[Steve Wise]

Sean Hefty wrote:
>> This is all IB-specific, correct?
> 
> I don't think iWarp has this issue, so, yes.  (With IB, a slow listener will
> cause connections to timeout waiting for an accept.)
> 

There's no way to specify this at the server side for TCP.  Its up to 
the client in TCP to wait "long enough". :-)

> If this is the case, then I'd like to keep the solution within the IB related
> code.  My preference is not to expose / modify the rdma_cm APIs.
> 

I agree.