From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
To: Sean Hefty <sean.hefty-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: linux-rdma-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 26/37] librdmacm: set src_addr in rdma_getaddrinfo
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 13:28:10 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100407192810.GG15629@obsidianresearch.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <B7B5C575DF7D4C51AB84AFFAC7A5D5C5-Zpru7NauK7drdx17CPfAsdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
On Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 10:12:43AM -0700, Sean Hefty wrote:
> RDMA requires the user to allocate hardware resources before
> establishing a connection. To support this, the user must know
> the source address that the connection will use to reach the
> remote endpoint. Modify rdma_getaddrinfo to determine an
> appropriate source address based on the specified destination,
> when a source address is not given.
I haven't looked through everything you posted to make a suggestion
here, but this bothers me..
The resources should be allocated after the rdma_bind syscall, prior to
listen/accept or connect, IMHO.
How does tha rai->ai_src_addr get used to allocate resources anyhow?
Jason
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-04-07 19:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-04-07 17:12 [PATCH 26/37] librdmacm: set src_addr in rdma_getaddrinfo Sean Hefty
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2010-04-07 19:28 ` Jason Gunthorpe [this message]
[not found] ` <20100407192810.GG15629-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2010-04-07 19:54 ` Sean Hefty
[not found] ` <4BAFD82633A744729F9685D44B250100-Zpru7NauK7drdx17CPfAsdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
2010-04-07 20:14 ` Jason Gunthorpe
[not found] ` <20100407201417.GJ15629-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2010-04-07 22:10 ` Sean Hefty
[not found] ` <569EDABAE9F84A029ED7AC84AA5767D6-Zpru7NauK7drdx17CPfAsdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
2010-04-07 22:22 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2010-04-09 18:54 ` [PATCH 26/37 v2] " Sean Hefty
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