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Chuck Lever authored
When an RPC Call includes a file data payload, that payload can come from pages in the page cache, or a user buffer (for direct I/O). If the payload can fit inline, xprtrdma includes it in the Send using a scatter-gather technique. xprtrdma mustn't allow the RPC consumer to re-use the memory where that payload resides before the Send completes. Otherwise, the new contents of that memory would be exposed by an HCA retransmit of the Send operation. So, block RPC completion on Send completion, but only in the case where a separate file data payload is part of the Send. This prevents the reuse of that memory while it is still part of a Send operation without an undue cost to other cases. Waiting is avoided in the common case because typically the Send will have completed long before the RPC Reply arrives. These days, an RPC timeout will trigger a disconnect, which tears down the QP. The disconnect flushes all waiting Sends. This bounds the amount of time the reply handler has to wait for a Send completion. Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Anna Schumaker <Anna.Schumaker@Netapp.com>
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