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    IPoIB: Refresh paths instead of flushing them on SM change events · ee1e2c82
    Moni Shoua authored
    The patch tries to solve the problem of device going down and paths being
    flushed on an SM change event. The method is to mark the paths as candidates for
    refresh (by setting the new valid flag to 0), and wait for an ARP
    probe a new path record query.
    
    The solution requires a different and less intrusive handling of SM
    change event. For that, the second argument of the flush function
    changes its meaning from a boolean flag to a level.  In most cases, SM
    failover doesn't cause LID change so traffic won't stop.  In the rare
    cases of LID change, the remote host (the one that hadn't changed its
    LID) will lose connectivity until paths are refreshed. This is no
    worse than the current state.  In fact, preventing the device from
    going down saves packets that otherwise would be lost.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMoni Levy <monil@voltaire.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMoni Shoua <monis@voltaire.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarRoland Dreier <rolandd@cisco.com>
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