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-rw-r--r--net/rds/ib_sysctl.c12
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/rds/ib_sysctl.c b/net/rds/ib_sysctl.c
index d87830db93a..84b5ffcb280 100644
--- a/net/rds/ib_sysctl.c
+++ b/net/rds/ib_sysctl.c
@@ -53,7 +53,17 @@ unsigned long rds_ib_sysctl_max_unsig_bytes = (16 << 20);
static unsigned long rds_ib_sysctl_max_unsig_bytes_min = 1;
static unsigned long rds_ib_sysctl_max_unsig_bytes_max = ~0UL;
-unsigned int rds_ib_sysctl_flow_control = 1;
+/*
+ * This sysctl does nothing.
+ *
+ * Backwards compatibility with RDS 3.0 wire protocol
+ * disables initial FC credit exchange.
+ * If it's ever possible to drop 3.0 support,
+ * setting this to 1 and moving init/refill of send/recv
+ * rings from ib_cm_connect_complete() back into ib_setup_qp()
+ * will cause credits to be added before protocol negotiation.
+ */
+unsigned int rds_ib_sysctl_flow_control = 0;
ctl_table rds_ib_sysctl_table[] = {
{