netdev - RE: [PATCH] RDMA/CMA: Use neigh_event_send() to initiate neighbour discovery.

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Message-ID: <000101c7f568$9275b520$ff0da8c0@amr.corp.intel.com>
Date:	Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:13:08 -0700
From:	"Sean Hefty" <sean.hefty@...el.com>
To:	"'Steve Wise'" <swise@...ngridcomputing.com>, <rdreier@...co.com>
Cc:	<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.

>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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