> -----Original Message----- > From: Tatyana Nikolova [mailto:tatyana.e.nikol...@intel.com] > Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2015 12:46 PM > To: Doug Ledford > Cc: john.s.laco...@intel.com; sw...@opengridcomputing.com; > linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org > Subject: [PATCH for-4.2 0/1] RDMA/core: Fixes for port mapper client > registration > > This patch has been reworked, but is very similar to the previously > submitted (10/16/2014) patch, which was forgotten: > > [PATCH 1/1] RDMA/core: Fixes for port mapper client registration > https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-rdma%40vger.kernel.org/msg21512.html > > This patch is addressing the same issue as the previous one - > the clients which have provided their mapping info > to the user space service after it is restarted, are treated as > unregistered and are not allowed to make remove mapping requests. > > If the user space port mapper service is restarted, it notifies > the port mapper clients and they provide the mapping information they > have in use. At this time with the fix the registration type of the client > is set to IWPM_REG_INCOMPL and the client is allowed to make remove > mapping requests to the user space service. > > There are some improvements in the current patch: > 1) Adding functions to set/check registration type > 2) New clients (calling iwpm_init()) have their registration set to > IWPM_REG_UNDEF > 3) If the port mapper user space service is not available, then the client > registration stays IWPM_REG_UNDEF and the registration type won't be > checked until the service becomes available (obviously no mappings are > possible, if the user space service isn't running). > > For these changes to take effect no provider changes are necessary. > The patch contains fixes for the current registration logic. >
Hey Tatyana, how can I reproduce the original bug/issue and then test this fix on iw_cxgb4? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
