[ofa-general] timeout question

[Roland Dreier]

 > hmm..... and is there no workaround for this, for this situation? I
 > mean, if the server dies isn't there any possibility that
 > the sender/client realizes this. If the timeout it's too large this
 > can be cumbersome.
 > 
 > I tried reducing the timeout and indeed the client realizes faster
 > when the server exits but another problem arises: Without exiting the
 > server,
 > on the client side I get the error (retry exceed) when polling for a
 > recently posted send - this after some hours.

There's a tradeoff between detecting real failures faster, and reducing
false errors detected because a response came too slowly.

Clearly if a response may take an amount of time 'X' to be received
under normal conditions, there's no way to conclude that the remote side
has failed without waiting at least 'X'.

 - R.