netdev - Re: [RFC net-next] net/smc: update peer ID on device changes

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Date:   Thu, 27 Feb 2020 15:44:52 +0100
From:   Karsten Graul <kgraul@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Hans Wippel <ndev@...pl.net>
Cc:     ubraun@...ux.ibm.com, davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC net-next] net/smc: update peer ID on device changes

On 27/02/2020 15:09, Hans Wippel wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Feb 2020 14:13:48 +0100
> Karsten Graul <kgraul@...ux.ibm.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 27/02/2020 12:39, Hans Wippel wrote:
>>> From: hwipl <ndev@...pl.net>
>>>
>>> A SMC host's peer ID contains the MAC address of the first active RoCE
>>> device. However, if this device becomes inactive or is removed, the peer
>>> ID is not updated. This patch adds peer ID updates on device changes.
>>
>> The peer ID is used to uniquely identify an SMC host and to check if there
>> are already established link groups to the peer which can be reused.
>> In failover scenarios RoCE devices can go down and get active again later,
>> but this must not change the current peer ID of the host.  
>> The part of the MAC address that is included in the peer ID is not used for
>> other purposes than the identification of an SMC host.
> 
> Is it OK to keep the peer ID if, for example, the device is removed and
> used in a different VM?
> 
> Hans
> 

Yes, exactly this case is described in the RFC (instance id):

https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7609#page-93

-- 
Karsten

(I'm a dude)