RE: MPA issue (3): Rejected Connection bit

Caitlin Bestler wrote:

> 
> The typical use is when the private data sent by the active 
> side was unacceptable to the passive side, or for some other 
> ULP reason the connection is not to proceed further.
> 
> This capability is assumed by RDMA-aware APIs such as uDAPL 
> and IT-API. Without this capability they must simulate the 
> rejection bit by sending options that they know will be 
> rejected. An "honest" reject bit is a far cleaner solution.
> 

"Must" is a little strong.  An alternative is to silently
drop the connection.  The API will report this as "connection
lost" or "connection reset" or something equally mysterious.
This is hardly ideal but not totally unworkable.

Bob