[rds-devel] Re: latest set of patches attached.

[Or Gerlitz]

Richard Frank wrote:
> including rds-dev for review
> Olaf Kirch wrote:
>> Here we go - latest set of patches attached.

Hi Olaf,

Is the below a description of the patch set you have posted to the list 
or its a different set which was not sent to the list?

Or.

>> New stuff:
>>  -    RDS extension headers. Rather than stuffing more and more
>>     things into the header, I decided to reserve 16 bytes
>>     for "extensions" and write the plumbing for it.
>>  -    RDMA extension header. Goes with every SEND following an
>>     RDMA operation, and contains the R_Key.
>>     This is used by the receiver to check for (and release)
>>     MRs marked as use_once
>>  -    Changed GET_MR interface - got rid of phys_addr, and
>>     added use_once.
>>     The phys_addr stuff needs more cleanup
>>  -    Version extension header. We now broadcast our supported
>>     RDS protocol version as part of the initial CONG_MAP update.
>>     This doesn't do much right now, but will be needed to
>>     do rolling updates in the future.
>>     I added this stuff now, so that we don't have to rely
>>     on advanced crystal balling later when the time comes
>>     where we break the protocol.
>>
>> Vlad, you mentioned that it's possible to crash the RDS stack by
>> telnetting to the RDS TCP port. I was unable to reproduce this -
>> what did you do to trigger the crash?
>>
>> Olaf