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From: Roland Dreier <rdreier-FYB4Gu1CFyUAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: Mike Heinz <michael.heinz-h88ZbnxC6KDQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Cc: "Hefty,
	Sean" <sean.hefty-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
	Hal Rosenstock
	<hal-LDSdmyG8hGV8YrgS2mwiifqBs+8SCbDb@public.gmane.org>,
	"linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org"
	<linux-rdma-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3] SA Busy Handling
Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2010 14:01:48 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <adaipzaldmb.fsf@cisco.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4C2744E8AD2982428C5BFE523DF8CDCB4A208DF428-amwN6d8PyQWXx9kJd3VG2h2eb7JE58TQ@public.gmane.org> (Mike Heinz's message of "Fri, 3 Dec 2010 15:50:08 -0600")

 > The reason for preferring a BUSY response to simply having the SM
 > throw the packets on the floor is that it makes it possible to
 > differentiate between an overloaded SM and communications problems
 > when debugging a fabric problem.

Is that really the main reason for all this?  Wouldn't it be simpler to
have the SM log something locally when it's overloaded, rather than
generating even more traffic on the fabric?

 - R.
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-12-03 22:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-12-02 20:28 [PATCH V3] SA Busy Handling Mike Heinz
     [not found] ` <4C2744E8AD2982428C5BFE523DF8CDCB4A208DF31E-amwN6d8PyQWXx9kJd3VG2h2eb7JE58TQ@public.gmane.org>
2010-12-03 16:44   ` Hal Rosenstock
2010-12-03 16:49   ` Hefty, Sean
     [not found]     ` <CF9C39F99A89134C9CF9C4CCB68B8DDF25B8A20BC4-osO9UTpF0USkrb+BlOpmy7fspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2010-12-03 16:52       ` Mike Heinz
     [not found]         ` <4C2744E8AD2982428C5BFE523DF8CDCB4A208DF3B0-amwN6d8PyQWXx9kJd3VG2h2eb7JE58TQ@public.gmane.org>
2010-12-03 18:57           ` Hefty, Sean
     [not found]             ` <CF9C39F99A89134C9CF9C4CCB68B8DDF25B8A20DC5-osO9UTpF0USkrb+BlOpmy7fspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2010-12-03 18:58               ` Mike Heinz
2010-12-03 21:44           ` Roland Dreier
     [not found]             ` <adamxomlefp.fsf-FYB4Gu1CFyUAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2010-12-03 21:50               ` Mike Heinz
     [not found]                 ` <4C2744E8AD2982428C5BFE523DF8CDCB4A208DF428-amwN6d8PyQWXx9kJd3VG2h2eb7JE58TQ@public.gmane.org>
2010-12-03 22:01                   ` Roland Dreier [this message]
2010-12-03 22:24               ` Hefty, Sean
     [not found]                 ` <CF9C39F99A89134C9CF9C4CCB68B8DDF25B8A96DF3-osO9UTpF0USkrb+BlOpmy7fspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2010-12-06 15:27                   ` Mike Heinz
     [not found]                     ` <4C2744E8AD2982428C5BFE523DF8CDCB4A208DF4C0-amwN6d8PyQWXx9kJd3VG2h2eb7JE58TQ@public.gmane.org>
2010-12-06 16:46                       ` Hal Rosenstock
     [not found]                         ` <4CFD1372.1090703-LDSdmyG8hGV8YrgS2mwiifqBs+8SCbDb@public.gmane.org>
2010-12-06 16:50                           ` Mike Heinz
     [not found]                             ` <4C2744E8AD2982428C5BFE523DF8CDCB4A208DF4E4-amwN6d8PyQWXx9kJd3VG2h2eb7JE58TQ@public.gmane.org>
2010-12-06 17:01                               ` Hal Rosenstock
2010-12-06 17:11                               ` Hefty, Sean

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