RE: [PATCH perftest] Avoid configuring the MRs with 1's

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Will push it by the EOW

-----Original Message-----
From: Leon Romanovsky [mailto:leon@xxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2017 10:01 PM
To: Zohar Ben Aharon <zoharb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; Ram Amrani <Ram.Amrani@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Gil Rockah <gilr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; linux-rdma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Ariel.Elior@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [PATCH perftest] Avoid configuring the MRs with 1's

On Sun, Feb 26, 2017 at 02:21:31PM +0200, Ram Amrani wrote:
> Avoid setting the value '1' in the MR. If this happens in a write 
> latency test then the server will send two consecutive packets, 
> regardless of the client's state. This can cause the application to 
> hang - If the client reaches the busy-wait loop after the second write 
> then it'll keep waiting for the value of the first write forever.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ram Amrani <Ram.Amrani@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  src/perftest_resources.c | 6 +++++-
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/src/perftest_resources.c b/src/perftest_resources.c index 
> afae5f2..dc768c4 100755
> --- a/src/perftest_resources.c
> +++ b/src/perftest_resources.c
> @@ -1252,7 +1252,11 @@ int create_single_mr(struct pingpong_context *ctx, struct perftest_parameters *u
>  	/* Initialize buffer with random numbers */
>  	srand(time(NULL));
>  	for (i = 0; i < ctx->buff_size; i++) {
> -		((char*)ctx->buf[qp_index])[i] = (char)rand();
> +		/* prevent the value 1 from being written into the buffer so in,
> +		 * e.g., write latency test, the server won't send two packets
> +		 * consecutively without receiving a packet from the client first.
> +		 */
> +		((char*)ctx->buf[qp_index])[i] = 2 + ((char)rand() % 255);
>  	}
>
>  	return 0;

Zohar?

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