IB/srpt: Change default behavior from using SRQ to using RC
Although in the RC mode more resources are needed that mode has three advantages over SRQ: - It works with all RDMA adapters, even those that do not support SRQ. - Posting WRs and polling WCs does not trigger lock contention because only one thread at a time accesses a WR or WC queue in non-SRQ mode. - The end-to-end flow control mechanism is used. >From the IB spec: C9-150.2.1: For QPs that are not associated with an SRQ, each HCA receive queue shall generate end-to-end flow control credits. If a QP is associated with an SRQ, the HCA receive queue shall not generate end-to-end flow control credits. Add new configfs attributes that allow to configure which mode to use (/sys/kernel/config/target/srpt/$GUID/$GUID/attrib/use_srq). Note: only the attribute for port 1 is relevant on multi-port adapters. Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@wdc.com> Signed-off-by: Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>
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