[ofa-general] [PATCH v2] IB/mlx4: Add send with invalidate support
Or Gerlitz
ogerlitz at voltaire.com
Mon May 12 03:42:31 PDT 2008
Eli Cohen wrote:
> The outcome of send with invalidate involves an implicit "sync_tpt" like
> operation although it syncs the caches to invalidate only the specific
> memory key (as opposed to sync tpt command which has a more global
> nature).
> But I think that the idea is not to save the overhead of sync tpt
> commands but to provide security.
Yes, if send-with-invalidate causes a sync-tpt which applies only to the
specific rkey (I assume its documented in the PRM) this can be used to
make the mellanox fmrs --much-- more secure. Are you thinking on
enhancement to support that for consumers that use FMRs through the pool
at the core?
Or.
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