net/smc: Introduce a specific sysctl for TEST_LINK time

SMC-R tests the viability of link by sending out TEST_LINK LLC
messages over RoCE fabric when connections on link have been
idle for a time longer than keepalive interval (testlink time).

But using tcp_keepalive_time as testlink time maybe not quite
suitable because it is default no less than two hours[1], which
is too long for single link to find peer dead. The active host
will still use peer-dead link (QP) sending messages, and can't
find out until get IB_WC_RETRY_EXC_ERR error CQEs, which takes
more time than TEST_LINK timeout (SMC_LLC_WAIT_TIME) normally.

So this patch introduces a independent sysctl for SMC-R to set
link keepalive time, in order to detect link down in time. The
default value is 30 seconds.

[1] https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1122#page-101

Signed-off-by: Wen Gu <guwen@linux.alibaba.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
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Wen Gu
2022-09-20 17:52:21 +08:00
committed by Paolo Abeni
parent 9b17dbd97d
commit 77eee32514
5 changed files with 19 additions and 1 deletions

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@@ -34,3 +34,10 @@ smcr_buf_type - INTEGER
- 1 - Use virtually contiguous buffers
- 2 - Mixed use of the two types. Try physically contiguous buffers first.
If not available, use virtually contiguous buffers then.
smcr_testlink_time - INTEGER
How frequently SMC-R link sends out TEST_LINK LLC messages to confirm
viability, after the last activity of connections on it. Value 0 means
disabling TEST_LINK.
Default: 30 seconds.