[ofa-general] two questions about RDMA_CM_EVENT_TIMEWAIT_EXIT and the TimeWait state

[Isaac Huang]

On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 11:22:24PM +0300, Or Gerlitz wrote:
>    On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 11:03 PM, Isaac Huang <[1]He.Huang at sun.com>
>    wrote:
> 
>      If rdma_destroy_qp is called on a QP before it exits the TimeWait
>      state (i.e. after RDMA_CM_EVENT_DISCONNECTED but before
>      RDMA_CM_EVENT_TIMEWAIT_EXIT), is it possible that a subsequent
>      rdma_create_qp would reuse the same QP while it's still in TimeWait?
> 
>    YES - as rdma_destroy/create_qp are basically  wrappers to
>    ib_destroy/create_qp and the latter two are not aware by any means to
>    the QP state from the CM point of view.

Thanks, they should probably be called CM ID states instead if QP
states.

Isaac