[ofa-general] Re: [PATCH 03/21] RDS: Congestion-handling code

[Evgeniy Polyakov]

On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 06:17:40PM -0800, Andy Grover (andy.grover at oracle.com) wrote:
> +/*
> + * Yes, a global lock.  It's used so infrequently that it's worth keeping it
> + * global to simplify the locking.  It's only used in the following
> + * circumstances:
> + *
> + *  - on connection buildup to associate a conn with its maps

Is this a rare condition? Is this protocol only intended for the
long-living connections and is not suitable for the cases when lots of
them are created and teared down quickly?

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	Evgeniy Polyakov