[PATCH 0/2] Get rid of transport layer retry count config parameter

Sagi Grimberg sagi at grimberg.me
Wed Jul 20 01:42:04 PDT 2016


> The IB spec defines an end-to-end credit mechanism for RC connections.
> So if the transport layer is reliable (InfiniBand, RoCE with DCB
> enabled) setting the retry count high enough is only needed to avoid
> connection shutdown due to brief cable disconnect/reconnect events.

Right, this is why I think the driver can use whatever it sees fit (we
have a keep-alive mechanism for fast-fail functionality).



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