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    IB/cm: Modify interface to send MRAs in response to duplicate messages · de98b693
    Sean Hefty authored
    
    
    The IB CM provides a message received acknowledged (MRA) message that
    can be sent to indicate that a REQ or REP message has been received, but
    will require more time to process than the timeout specified by those
    messages.  In many cases, the application may not know how long it will
    take to respond to a CM message, but the majority of the time, it will
    usually respond before a retry has been sent.  Rather than sending an
    MRA in response to all messages just to handle the case where a longer
    timeout is needed, it is more efficient to queue the MRA for sending in
    case a duplicate message is received.
    
    This avoids sending an MRA when it is not needed, but limits the number
    of times that a REQ or REP will be resent.  It also provides for a
    simpler implementation than generating the MRA based on a timer event.
    (That is, trying to send the MRA after receiving the first REQ or REP if
    a response has not been generated, so that it is received at the remote
    side before a duplicate REQ or REP has been received)
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarSean Hefty <sean.hefty@intel.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarRoland Dreier <rolandd@cisco.com>
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