linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] IB/rxe: Don't clamp residual length to mtu

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Date:   Thu, 13 Apr 2017 14:29:05 +0200
From:   Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>
To:     Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
Cc:     Moni Shoua <monis@...lanox.com>, Sagi Grimberg <sagi@...mberg.me>,
        Max Gurtovoy <maxg@...lanox.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailinglist <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] IB/rxe: Don't clamp residual length to mtu

On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 03:22:00PM +0300, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 02:00:00PM +0200, Johannes Thumshirn wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 06, 2017 at 02:49:44PM +0200, Johannes Thumshirn wrote:
> > > When reading a RDMA WRITE FIRST packet we copy the DMA length from the RDMA
> > > header into the qp->resp.resid variable for later use. Later in check_rkey()
> > > we clamp it to the MTU if the packet is an  RDMA WRITE packet and has a
> > > residual length bigger than the MTU. Later in write_data_in() we subtract the
> > > payload of the packet from the residual length. If the packet happens to have a
> > > payload of exactly the MTU size we end up with a residual length of 0 despite
> > > the packet not being the last in the conversation. When the next packet in the
> > > conversation arrives, we don't have any residual length left and thus set the QP
> >
> > Hi Moni, Sagi and Max,
> >
> > Any comments on this?
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm sorry, it looks like this patch failed on the floor. We have
> Passover vacation these days and many people are OOO now.
> 
> But anyway, I'll remind to Moni.

Ok, thanks and happy Passover then.

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