linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] RDMA/CMA: Use neigh_event_send() to initiate neighbour discovery.

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Date:	Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:23:31 -0500
From:	Steve Wise <swise@...ngridcomputing.com>
To:	Sean Hefty <sean.hefty@...el.com>
CC:	rdreier@...co.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, general@...ts.openfabrics.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] RDMA/CMA: Use neigh_event_send() to initiate neighbour
 discovery.

Once this is applied upstream, I can pull it back in to ofed-1.2.5 and 
ofed-1.3.

Steve.

Sean Hefty wrote:
>> RDMA/CMA: Use neigh_event_send() to initiate neighbour discovery.
>>
>> Calling arp_send() to initiate neighbour discovery (ND) doesn't do the
>> full ND protocol.  Namely, it doesn't handle retransmitting the arp
>> request if it is dropped. The function neigh_event_send() does all this.
>> Without doing full ND, rdma address resolution fails in the presence of
>> dropped arp bcast packets.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Steve Wise <swise@...ngridcomputing.com>
> 
> Acked-by: Sean Hefty <sean.hefty@...el.com>
> 
> Roland - can you please queue this up for 2.6.24?
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