Re: [ewg] [PATCH] [for-2.6.33] rdma/cm: disallow loopback address for iwarp devices

Steve Wise
2010-02-08T20:02:53Z

Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 08, 2010 at 08:52:10AM -0800, Roland Dreier wrote:
>
>> > This patch doesn't solve the openmpi/IB regression. So for OFED,
>> > IMO, we need a different patch...
>>
>> If this doesn't solve the regression the we should have a different
>> patch for upstream too. The goal for 2.6.33 should be to keep open mpi
>> working, even if that requires us to go back to old breakage.
>>
>
> Steve, I thought you said earlier in the thread that the rdmacm OMPI
> method is not used that often with IB - and the other IB connect
> methods work fine.
>
>

Maybe Jeff can chime in here, but he mentioned to me that Sandia Labs
were using IB/rdmacm.

> This really is a bug in OMPI, how long do you think this new feature
> should remain outside the upstream kernel? Is someone going to commit
> to fixing OMPI soon if the patch is removed?
>
>
IMO 127.0.0.1 should be for SW loopback, not HW RDMA loopback.

But I believe Jeff asked at least that we pull it from 2.6.33 and let
OMPI get its next release out with the OMPI fix. Then you can push it
into 2.6.34 if we really want this feature.

I will commit to get the fix in openmpi asap.

Steve.