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RDMA/cma: Use neigh_event_send() to start neighbour discovery

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Calling arp_send() to initiate neighbour discovery (ND) doesn't do the
full ND protocol.  Namely, it doesn't handle retransmitting the arp
request if it is dropped. The function neigh_event_send() does all
this.  Without doing full ND, RDMA address resolution fails in the
presence of dropped ARP broadcast packets.

Signed-off-by: Steve Wise <swise@opengridcomputing.com>
Acked-by: Sean Hefty <sean.hefty@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <rolandd@cisco.com>
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Steve Wise 2007-09-12 05:00:25 -05:00 committed by Roland Dreier
parent 3a31c41901
commit 935ef2d7a2
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drivers/infiniband/core/addr.c
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@ -161,8 +161,7 @@ static void addr_send_arp(struct sockaddr_in *dst_in)
if (ip_route_output_key(&rt, &fl))
return;
arp_send(ARPOP_REQUEST, ETH_P_ARP, rt->rt_gateway, rt->idev->dev,
rt->rt_src, NULL, rt->idev->dev->dev_addr, NULL);
neigh_event_send(rt->u.dst.neighbour, NULL);
ip_rt_put(rt);
}