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From: "ira.weiny" <ira.weiny@intel.com>
To: Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@obsidianresearch.com>
Cc: Michael Wang <yun.wang@profitbricks.com>,
	Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@gmail.com>,
	dledford@redhat.com, sean.hefty@intel.com,
	hal.rosenstock@gmail.com, haggaie@mellanox.com,
	matanb@mellanox.com, doront@mellanox.com, david.ahern@oracle.com,
	erezsh@mellanox.com, linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] infiniband:core:Add needed error path in cm_init_av_by_path
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 01:52:22 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20151216065222.GA27524@phlsvsds.ph.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20151215173022.GB25965@obsidianresearch.com>

On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 10:30:22AM -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 05:38:34PM +0100, Michael Wang wrote:
> > The hop_limit is only suggest that the package allowed to be
> > routed, not have to, correct?
> 
> If the hop limit is >= 2 (?) then the GRH is mandatory.

Yes >= 2.

"Setting this value to 0 or 1 will ensure that the packet 
will not be forwarded beyond the local subnet."

	-- IBTA 8.3.6 Hop Limit

Ira

> The
> SM will return this information in the PathRecord if it determines a
> GRH is required. The whole stack follows this protocol.
> 
> The GRH is optional for in-subnet communications.
> 
> Jason
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  reply	other threads:[~2015-12-16  6:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <1450194724-7107-1-git-send-email-xerofoify@gmail.com>
2015-12-15 16:38 ` [PATCH RESEND] infiniband:core:Add needed error path in cm_init_av_by_path Michael Wang
2015-12-15 17:30   ` Jason Gunthorpe
2015-12-16  6:52     ` ira.weiny [this message]
2015-12-16 10:26     ` Michael Wang
2015-12-16 18:16       ` Jason Gunthorpe
2015-12-17  8:43         ` Michael Wang

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