RE: [PATCH] RDMA/CMA: Use neigh_event_send() to initiate neighbour discovery.

[Sean Hefty]

>RDMA/CMA: Use neigh_event_send() to initiate neighbour discovery.
>
>Calling arp_send() to initiate neighbour discovery (ND) doesn't do the
>full ND protocol.  Namely, it doesn't handle retransmitting the arp
>request if it is dropped. The function neigh_event_send() does all this.
>Without doing full ND, rdma address resolution fails in the presence of
>dropped arp bcast packets.
>
>Signed-off-by: Steve Wise <swise@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Sean Hefty <sean.hefty@xxxxxxxxx>

Roland - can you please queue this up for 2.6.24?
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