RE: Implementer's Guide - Task Management Issue

> Let's try this line of reasoning - the target issues the Nop-Out, now
when
> can it free the resources?  Answer:
> 	- The Nop-In response comes back, OR
> 	- The connection times out and is torn down.
> Now, what if the Nop-Out is not issued - what does the target wait for
to
> free the resources?  Answer:
> 	- The transfers complete, OR
> 	- The connection times out and is torn down. 
> Those look similar enough at the target (the worst case is the same -
the
> resources are tied up until an uncooperative initiator times out) that
> I don't see the harm in allowing the early TMF return without the new
> key.  The clear distinction is that the first two bullets are
different;
> if the new key is not negotiated, the target has to wait for the
transfers
> to complete; the new key and the Nop-Out are necessary to walk away
earlier
> when the initiator involved is able to continue the transfers.

That got slightly twisted - what it should have talked about was the
target
issuing the new Async Message and the Nop-Out response coming back.

Thanks,
--David
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