The change of ipoib_ah data structure with adding "valid" flag and checks of ah->valid in ipoib_start_xmit affected multicast packet flow. Since the multicast flow doesn't invoke path_rec_start, "ah->valid" flag remains unset, so that ipoib_start_xmit end up with neigh_refresh_path instead of sending the packet using neigh. "ah->valid" has to be set in multicast send flow. As a result IPoIB starts sending packets via neigh immediately and eliminates 60sec delay of neigh keep alive interval. The typical example of this issue are two sequential arpings: arping 11.134.208.9 -> got response (mcast_send) arping 11.134.208.9 -> no response (ah->valid = 0) Fixes: fa9391dbad4b ("RDMA/ipoib: Update paths on CLIENT_REREG/SM_CHANGE events") Signed-off-by: Denis Drozdov <denisd@mellanox.com> Reviewed-by: Erez Shitrit <erezsh@mellanox.com> Reviewed-by: Feras Daoud <ferasda@mellanox.com> Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@mellanox.com> Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@mellanox.com>
Linux kernel ============ There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/ There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.
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