From: Denis Drozdov <denisd@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Erez Shitrit <erezsh@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Feras Daoud <ferasda@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_multicast.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_multicast.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_multicast.c index f696ea49c97a..b9e9562f5034 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_multicast.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_multicast.c @@ -822,6 +822,7 @@ void ipoib_mcast_send(struct net_device *dev, u8 *daddr, struct sk_buff *skb) if (neigh && list_empty(&neigh->list)) { kref_get(&mcast->ah->ref); neigh->ah = mcast->ah; + neigh->ah->valid = 1; list_add_tail(&neigh->list, &mcast->neigh_list); } } -- 2.14.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html