[ofa-general] Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] cxgb3: Handle ARP completions that mark neighbors stale.

[Divy Le Ray]

Steve Wise wrote:
> cxgb3: Handle ARP completions that mark neighbors stale.
>
> When ARP completes due to a request rather than a reply the neighbor is
> marked NUD_STALE instead of reachable (see arp_process()).  The handler
> for the resulting netevent needs to check also for NUD_STALE.
>
> Failure to use the arp entry can cause RDMA connection failures.
>
> Signed-off-by: Steve Wise <swise at opengridcomputing.com>
>   

Acked-by: Divy Le Ray <divy at chelsio.com>

Divy