Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758564AbYBFTIU (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Feb 2008 14:08:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755097AbYBFTIM (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Feb 2008 14:08:12 -0500 Received: from stargate.chelsio.com ([12.22.49.110]:21268 "EHLO stargate.chelsio.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754870AbYBFTIK (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Feb 2008 14:08:10 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 2418 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:08:10 EST Message-ID: <47A9FC16.3070803@chelsio.com> Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:27:34 -0800 From: Divy Le Ray User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Steve Wise CC: jeff@garzik.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, general@lists.openfabrics.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] cxgb3: Handle ARP completions that mark neighbors stale. References: <20080206180519.4680.34741.stgit@dell3.ogc.int> In-Reply-To: <20080206180519.4680.34741.stgit@dell3.ogc.int> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 06 Feb 2008 18:26:35.0203 (UTC) FILETIME=[CDF5B930:01C868ED] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 718 Lines: 20 Steve Wise wrote: > cxgb3: Handle ARP completions that mark neighbors stale. > > When ARP completes due to a request rather than a reply the neighbor is > marked NUD_STALE instead of reachable (see arp_process()). The handler > for the resulting netevent needs to check also for NUD_STALE. > > Failure to use the arp entry can cause RDMA connection failures. > > Signed-off-by: Steve Wise > Acked-by: Divy Le Ray Divy -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/