Messages in this thread | | | From | "Sean Hefty" <> | Subject | RE: [PATCH] RDMA/CMA: Use neigh_event_send() to initiate neighbour discovery. | Date | Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:13:08 -0700 |
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>RDMA/CMA: Use neigh_event_send() to initiate neighbour discovery. > >Calling arp_send() to initiate neighbour discovery (ND) doesn't do the >full ND protocol. Namely, it doesn't handle retransmitting the arp >request if it is dropped. The function neigh_event_send() does all this. >Without doing full ND, rdma address resolution fails in the presence of >dropped arp bcast packets. > >Signed-off-by: Steve Wise <swise@opengridcomputing.com>
Acked-by: Sean Hefty <sean.hefty@intel.com>
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