linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] cxgb3: Handle ARP completions that mark neighbors stale.

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Message-ID: <47A9FC16.3070803@chelsio.com>
Date:	Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:27:34 -0800
From:	Divy Le Ray <divy@...lsio.com>
To:	Steve Wise <swise@...ngridcomputing.com>
CC:	jeff@...zik.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, general@...ts.openfabrics.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] cxgb3: Handle ARP completions that mark neighbors
 stale.

Steve Wise wrote:
> cxgb3: Handle ARP completions that mark neighbors stale.
>
> When ARP completes due to a request rather than a reply the neighbor is
> marked NUD_STALE instead of reachable (see arp_process()).  The handler
> for the resulting netevent needs to check also for NUD_STALE.
>
> Failure to use the arp entry can cause RDMA connection failures.
>
> Signed-off-by: Steve Wise <swise@...ngridcomputing.com>
>   

Acked-by: Divy Le Ray <divy@...lsio.com>

Divy
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