Wouldn't the BUSY patch I proposed last year deal with this situation?

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From: [email protected] 
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Moni Shoua
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 10:10 AM
To: Vlad
Cc: [email protected]; ewg
Subject: [ewg] [PATCH] IB/core: Control number of retries for SA to leave an MCG

This patch helps when SM is busy and so an MC group is left joined
while the host bellies that it is was left.

Note: the patch below is not to driver/infiniband/core but it generates
a patch under kernel_patches/fixes.

Index: 
ofa_kernel-1.5.3/kernel_patches/fixes/core_0290_sysfs_mcast_leave_retries.patch
===================================================================
--- /dev/null   1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ 
ofa_kernel-1.5.3/kernel_patches/fixes/core_0290_sysfs_mcast_leave_retries.patch 
    2011-02-02 16:52:02.000000000 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+Add a multicast leave maximum retry setting in 
sys/module/ib_sa/parameters/mcast_leave_retries.
+Add a debug print when the maximum retry count is reached.
+
+Signed-off-by: Nir Muchtar <[email protected]>
+Reviewed-by:   Moni Shoua  <[email protected]>
+--
+
+Index: ofa_kernel-1.5.2/drivers/infiniband/core/multicast.c
+===================================================================
+--- ofa_kernel-1.5.2.orig/drivers/infiniband/core/multicast.c  2010-08-17 
12:56:06.000000000 +0300
++++ ofa_kernel-1.5.2/drivers/infiniband/core/multicast.c       2010-08-17 
13:15:38.000000000 +0300
+@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@
+ #include <rdma/ib_cache.h>
+ #include "sa.h"
+
++static int mcast_leave_retries = 3;
++
++module_param_call(mcast_leave_retries, param_set_int, param_get_int,
++                &mcast_leave_retries, 0644);
++MODULE_PARM_DESC(mcast_leave_retries, "Number of retries for multicast leave 
requests before giving up");
++
+ static void mcast_add_one(struct ib_device *device);
+ static void mcast_remove_one(struct ib_device *device);
+
+@@ -520,8 +526,11 @@
+       if (status && (group->retries > 0) &&
+           !send_leave(group, group->leave_state))
+               group->retries--;
+-      else
++      else {
++              if (status && group->retries <= 0)
++                      printk("reached max retry count. status=%d  .Giving 
up\n", status);
+               mcast_work_handler(&group->work);
++      }
+ }
+
+ static struct mcast_group *acquire_group(struct mcast_port *port,
+@@ -544,7 +553,7 @@
+       if (!group)
+               return NULL;
+
+-      group->retries = 3;
++      group->retries = mcast_leave_retries;
+       group->port = port;
+       group->rec.mgid = *mgid;
+       group->pkey_index = MCAST_INVALID_PKEY_INDEX;
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