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    xprtrdma: RPC completion should wait for Send completion · 01bb35c8
    Chuck Lever authored
    When an RPC Call includes a file data payload, that payload can come
    from pages in the page cache, or a user buffer (for direct I/O).
    
    If the payload can fit inline, xprtrdma includes it in the Send
    using a scatter-gather technique. xprtrdma mustn't allow the RPC
    consumer to re-use the memory where that payload resides before the
    Send completes. Otherwise, the new contents of that memory would be
    exposed by an HCA retransmit of the Send operation.
    
    So, block RPC completion on Send completion, but only in the case
    where a separate file data payload is part of the Send. This
    prevents the reuse of that memory while it is still part of a Send
    operation without an undue cost to other cases.
    
    Waiting is avoided in the common case because typically the Send
    will have completed long before the RPC Reply arrives.
    
    These days, an RPC timeout will trigger a disconnect, which tears
    down the QP. The disconnect flushes all waiting Sends. This bounds
    the amount of time the reply handler has to wait for a Send
    completion.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarChuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAnna Schumaker <Anna.Schumaker@Netapp.com>
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