linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/6] IB/ehca: correctly set GRH mask bit in ehca_modify

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Message-Id: <200705091348.02396.fenkes@de.ibm.com>
Date:	Wed, 9 May 2007 13:48:01 +0200
From:	Joachim Fenkes <fenkes@...ibm.com>
To:	"LinuxPPC-Dev" <linuxppc-dev@...abs.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"OF-General" <general@...ts.openfabrics.org>,
	Roland Dreier <rolandd@...co.com>
Cc:	"Hoang-Nam Nguyen" <hnguyen@...ibm.com>,
	"Christoph Raisch" <raisch@...ibm.com>,
	"Stefan Roscher" <stefan.roscher@...ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/6] IB/ehca: correctly set GRH mask bit in ehca_modify_qp()

The driver needs to always supply the "GRH present" flag to the hypervisor,
whether it's true or false. Not supplying it (i.e. not setting the
corresponding mask bit) amounts to a "perhaps", which we don't want.

Signed-off-by: Joachim Fenkes <fenkes@...ibm.com>
---
 drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_qp.c |   12 ++++++++----
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_qp.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_qp.c
index df0516f..e21d796 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_qp.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_qp.c
@@ -968,17 +968,21 @@ static int internal_modify_qp(struct ib_
 			((ehca_mult - 1) / ah_mult) : 0;
 		else
 			mqpcb->max_static_rate = 0;
-
 		update_mask |= EHCA_BMASK_SET(MQPCB_MASK_MAX_STATIC_RATE, 1);
 
 		/*
+		 * Always supply the GRH flag, even if it's zero, to give the
+		 * hypervisor a clear "yes" or "no" instead of a "perhaps"
+		 */
+		update_mask |= EHCA_BMASK_SET(MQPCB_MASK_SEND_GRH_FLAG, 1);
+
+		/*
 		 * only if GRH is TRUE we might consider SOURCE_GID_IDX
 		 * and DEST_GID otherwise phype will return H_ATTR_PARM!!!
 		 */
 		if (attr->ah_attr.ah_flags == IB_AH_GRH) {
-			mqpcb->send_grh_flag = 1 << 31;
-			update_mask |=
-				EHCA_BMASK_SET(MQPCB_MASK_SEND_GRH_FLAG, 1);
+			mqpcb->send_grh_flag = 1;
+
 			mqpcb->source_gid_idx = attr->ah_attr.grh.sgid_index;
 			update_mask |=
 				EHCA_BMASK_SET(MQPCB_MASK_SOURCE_GID_IDX, 1);
-- 
1.4.2.1



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