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Message-ID: <aLacKAOIo63U9sLl@linux.alibaba.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2025 15:26:32 +0800
From: Dust Li <dust.li@...ux.alibaba.com>
To: Mahanta Jambigi <mjambigi@...ux.ibm.com>, andrew+netdev@...n.ch,
	davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
	pabeni@...hat.com, alibuda@...ux.alibaba.com, sidraya@...ux.ibm.com,
	wenjia@...ux.ibm.com
Cc: pasic@...ux.ibm.com, horms@...nel.org, tonylu@...ux.alibaba.com,
	guwen@...ux.alibaba.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
	Alexandra Winter <wintera@...ux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net/smc: Remove validation of reserved bits in CLC
 Decline message

On 2025-09-02 11:35:34, Mahanta Jambigi wrote:
>
>On 02/09/25 9:38 am, Dust Li wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Did I miss something ?
>>>
>>> If you refer to struct *smc_clc_msg_hdr* in smc_clc.h file, typev1 member
>>> represents bits 4 & 5 at offset 7. If we compare it with the CLC Decline
>>> message header, it represents one of the reserved(5-7 bits) at offset 7. You
>>> can refer to below link for reserved bits.
>>>
>>> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7609#page-105
>> 
>> Oh, I see, thanks! The patch looks good to me.
>> 
>> 
>> BTW, I checked the rfc7609 and SMCv2.1 spec:
>> https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/system/files/inline-files/IBM%20Shared%20Memory%20Communications%20Version%202.1_0.pdf
>> 
>> I think the name type1/type2 in smc_clc_msg_hdr is confusing, as it doesn't sync
>> with the spec for decline message.
>
>I agree with you. We can address them in future. Since they are part of
>reserved bits, we can ignore parsing them for now. May I add your R-b
>for this patch?

Yes. Once the issues in the commit log are addressed, you can add my
Reviewed-by: Dust Li <dust.li@...ux.alibaba.com>

Best regards,
Dust



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