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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c index c973a83c898b..47ee1f83c9a9 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c @@ -452,6 +452,19 @@ int ib_get_gids_from_rdma_hdr(const union rdma_network_hdr *hdr, } EXPORT_SYMBOL(ib_get_gids_from_rdma_hdr); +/* + * This function creates ah from the incoming packet. + * Incoming packet has dgid of the receiver node on which this code is + * getting executed and, sgid contains the GID of the sender. + * + * When resolving mac address of destination, the arrived dgid is used + * as sgid and, sgid is used as dgid because sgid contains destinations + * GID whom to respond to. + * + * This is why when calling rdma_addr_find_l2_eth_by_grh() function, the + * position of arguments dgid and sgid do not match the order of the + * parameters. + */ int ib_init_ah_from_wc(struct ib_device *device, u8 port_num, const struct ib_wc *wc, const struct ib_grh *grh, struct rdma_ah_attr *ah_attr) |