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(   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2) s
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(     1.1.  Requirements Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3) s
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(     3.2.  NFSv4.1 Callback Operation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6) s
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(   4.  Flow Control  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6) s
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(     4.1.  Backward Credits  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7) s
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(   RPC Calls come from the ONC RPC server.) s
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(   ONC RPC clients and services are optimized to perform and scale well) s
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(   while handling traffic in the forward direction, and may not be) s
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(   prepared to handle operation in the backward direction.  Not until) s
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(   NFSv4.1 [RFC5661] has there been a strong need to handle backward) s
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(   direction operation.) s
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(2.3.  Bi-directional Operation) s
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(   A pair of connected RPC endpoints may choose to use only forward or) s
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(   only backward direction operations on a particular transport.  Or,) s
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(   these endpoints may send Calls in both directions concurrently on the) s
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(   same transport.) s
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(   "Bi-directional operation" occurs when both transport endpoints act) s
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(   as a Requester and a Responder at the same time.) s
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(   Bi-directionality is an extension of RPC transport connection) s
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(   sharing.  Two RPC endpoints wish to exchange independent RPC messages) s
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(   over a shared connection, but in opposite directions.  These messages) s
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(   may or may not be related to the same workloads or RPC Programs.) s
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(2.4.  XID Values) s
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(   Section 9 of [RFC5531] introduces the ONC RPC transaction identifier,) s
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(   or "xid" for short.  The value of an xid is interpreted in the) s
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(   context of the message's msg_type field.) s
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(   o  The xid of a Call is arbitrary but is unique among outstanding) s
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(      Calls from that Requester.) s
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(   o  The xid of a Reply always matches that of the initiating Call.) s
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(   When receiving a Reply, a Requester matches the xid value in the) s
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(   Reply with a Call it previously sent.) s
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(   During bi-directional operation, forward and backward direction XIDs) s
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(   are typically generated on distinct hosts by possibly different) s
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(   algorithms.  There is no co-ordination between forward and backward) s
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(   direction XID generation.) s
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(   Therefore, a forward direction Requester MAY use the same xid value) s
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(   at the same time as a backward direction Requester on the same) s
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(   transport connection.  Though such concurrent requests use the same) s
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(   xid value, they represent distinct ONC RPC transactions.) s
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(3.  Immediate Uses Of Bi-Directional RPC-over-RDMA) s
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(3.1.  NFSv4.0 Callback Operation) s
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(   An NFSv4.0 client employs a traditional ONC RPC client to send NFS) s
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(   requests to an NFSv4.0 server's traditional ONC RPC service) s
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(   [RFC7530].  NFSv4.0 requests flow in the forward direction on a) s
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(   connection established by the client.  This connection is referred to) s
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(   as a "forechannel" connection.) s
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(   An NFSv4 "delegation" is simply a promise made by a server that it) s
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(   will notify a client before another client or program running on the) s
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(   server is allowed access to a file.  With this guarantee, that client) s
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(   can operate as sole accessor of the file.  In particular, it can) s
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(   manage the file's data and metadata caches aggressively.) s
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(   To administer file delegations, NFSv4.0 introduces the use of) s
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(   callback operations, or "callbacks", in Section 10.2 of [RFC7530].) s
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(   An NFSv4.0 server sets up a traditional ONC RPC client, and an) s
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(   NFSv4.0 client sets up a traditional ONC RPC service.  Callbacks flow) s
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(   in the forward direction on a connection established between the) s
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(   server's callback client, and the client's callback server.  This) s
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(   connection is distinct from connections being used as forechannels,) s
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(   and is referred to as a "backchannel connection.") s
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(   When an RDMA transport is used as a forechannel, an NFSv4.0 client) s
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(   typically provides a TCP callback service.  The client's SETCLIENTID) s
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(   operation advertises the callback service endpoint with a "tcp" or) s
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(   "tcp6" netid.  The server then connects to this service using a TCP) s
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(   socket.) s
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(   NFSv4.0 implementations can function without a backchannel in place.) s
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(   In this case, the server does not grant file delegations.  This might) s
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(   result in a negative performance effect, but correctness is not) s
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(   affected.) s
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(3.2.  NFSv4.1 Callback Operation) s
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(   NFSv4.1 supports file delegation in a similar fashion to NFSv4.0, and) s
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(   extends the callback mechanism to manage pNFS layouts, as discussed) s
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(   in Section 12 of [RFC5661].) s
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(   To facilitate operation through NAT routers, all NFSv4.1 transport) s
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(   connections are initiated by NFSv4.1 clients.  Therefore NFSv4.1) s
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(   servers send callbacks to clients in the backward direction on) s
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(   connections established by NFSv4.1 clients.) s
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(   NFSv4.1 clients and servers indicate to their peers that a) s
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(   backchannel capability is available on a given transport in the) s
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(   arguments and results of NFS CREATE_SESSION or BIND_CONN_TO_SESSION) s
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(   operations.) s
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(   NFSv4.1 clients may establish distinct transport connections for) s
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(   forechannel and backchannel operation, or they may combine) s
5 487 M
(   forechannel and backchannel operation on one transport connection) s
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(   using bi-directional operation.) s
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(   Without a backward direction RPC-over-RDMA capability, an NFSv4.1) s
5 443 M
(   client must additionally connect using a transport with backward) s
5 432 M
(   direction capability to use as a backchannel.  TCP is the only choice) s
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(   for an NFSv4.1 backchannel connection in this case.) s
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(   Implementations often find it more convenient to use a single) s
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(   combined transport \(ie. a transport that is capable of bi-directional) s
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(   operation\).  This simplifies connection establishment and recovery) s
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(   during network partitions or when one endpoint restarts.  This can) s
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(   also enable better scaling by using fewer transport connections to) s
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(   perform the same work.) s
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(   As with NFSv4.0, if a backchannel is not in use, an NFSv4.1 server) s
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(   does not grant delegations.  Because NFSv4.1 relies on callbacks to) s
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(   manage pNFS layout state, pNFS operation is not possible without a) s
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(   backchannel.) s
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(4.  Flow Control) s
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(   For an RDMA Send operation to work properly, the receiving peer must) s
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(   have posted a receive buffer in which to accept the incoming message.) s
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(   If a receiver hasn't posted enough buffers to accommodate each) s
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(   incoming Send operation, the receiving RDMA provider is allowed to) s
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(   terminate the RDMA connection.) s
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(   RPC-over-RDMA transport protocols provide built-in send flow control) s
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(   to prevent overrunning the number of pre-posted receive buffers on a) s
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(   connection's receive endpoint.  For RPC-over-RDMA Version One, this) s
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(   is discussed in Section 4.3 of [I-D.ietf-nfsv4-rfc5666bis].) s
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(4.1.  Backward Credits) s
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(   RPC-over-RDMA credits work the same way in the backward direction as) s
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(   they do in the forward direction.  However, forward direction credits) s
5 608 M
(   and backward direction credits on the same connection are accounted) s
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(   separately.) s
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(   The forward direction credit value retains the same meaning whether) s
5 564 M
(   or not there are backward direction resources associated with an RPC-) s
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(   over-RDMA transport connection.  This is the number of RPC requests) s
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(   the forward direction responder \(the RPC server\) is prepared to) s
5 531 M
(   receive concurrently.) s
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(   The backward direction credit value is the number of RPC requests the) s
5 498 M
(   backward direction responder \(the RPC client\) is prepared to receive) s
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(   concurrently.  The backward direction credit value MAY be different) s
5 476 M
(   than the forward direction credit value.) s
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(   During bi-directional operation, each receiver has to decide whether) s
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(   an incoming message contains a credit request \(the receiver is acting) s
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(   as a responder\) or a credit grant \(the receiver is acting as a) s
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(   requester\) and apply the credit value accordingly.) s
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(   When message direction is not fully determined by context \(e.g.,) s
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(   suggested by the definition of the RPC-over-RDMA version that is in) s
5 377 M
(   use\) or by an accompanying RPC message payload with a call direction) s
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(   field, it is not possible for the receiver to tell with certainty) s
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(   whether the header credit value is a request or grant.  In such) s
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(   cases, the receiver MUST NOT use the header's credit value.) s
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(4.2.  Inline Thresholds) s
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(   Forward and backward operation on the same connection share the same) s
5 289 M
(   receive buffers.  Therefore the inline threshold values for the) s
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(   forward direction and the backward direction are the same.  The call) s
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(   inline threshold for the backward direction is the same as the reply) s
5 256 M
(   inline threshold for the forward direction, and vice versa.  For more) s
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(   information, see Section 4.3.2 of [I-D.ietf-nfsv4-rfc5666bis].) s
5 223 M
(4.3.  Managing Receive Buffers) s
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(   An RPC-over-RDMA transport endpoint must pre-post receive buffers) s
5 190 M
(   before it can receive and process incoming RPC-over-RDMA messages.) s
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(   If a sender transmits a message for a receiver which has no posted) s
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(   receive buffer, the RDMA provider is allowed to drop the RDMA) s
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(   connection.) s
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(4.3.1.  Client Receive Buffers) s
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(   Typically an RPC-over-RDMA Requester posts only as many receive) s
5 619 M
(   buffers as there are outstanding RPC Calls.  A client endpoint) s
5 608 M
(   without backward direction support might therefore at times have no) s
5 597 M
(   pre-posted receive buffers.) s
5 575 M
(   To receive incoming backward direction Calls, an RPC-over-RDMA client) s
5 564 M
(   endpoint must pre-post enough additional receive buffers to match its) s
5 553 M
(   advertised backward direction credit value.  Each outstanding forward) s
5 542 M
(   direction RPC requires an additional receive buffer above this) s
5 531 M
(   minimum.) s
5 509 M
(   When an RDMA transport connection is lost, all active receive buffers) s
5 498 M
(   are flushed and are no longer available to receive incoming messages.) s
5 487 M
(   When a fresh transport connection is established, a client endpoint) s
5 476 M
(   must re-post a receive buffer to handle the Reply for each) s
5 465 M
(   retransmitted forward direction Call, and a full set of receive) s
5 454 M
(   buffers to handle backward direction Calls.) s
5 432 M
(4.3.2.  Server Receive Buffers) s
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(   A forward direction RPC-over-RDMA service endpoint posts as many) s
5 399 M
(   receive buffers as it expects incoming forward direction Calls.  That) s
5 388 M
(   is, it posts no fewer buffers than the number of credits granted in) s
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(   the rdma_credit field of forward direction RPC replies.) s
5 355 M
(   To receive incoming backward direction replies, an RPC-over-RDMA) s
5 344 M
(   server endpoint must pre-post a receive buffer for each backward) s
5 333 M
(   direction Call it sends.) s
5 311 M
(   When the existing transport connection is lost, all active receive) s
5 300 M
(   buffers are flushed and are no longer available to receive incoming) s
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(   messages.  When a fresh transport connection is established, a server) s
5 278 M
(   endpoint must re-post a receive buffer to handle the Reply for each) s
5 267 M
(   retransmitted backward direction Call, and a full set of receive) s
5 256 M
(   buffers for receiving forward direction Calls.) s
5 234 M
(5.  Sending And Receiving Backward Operations) s
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(   The operation of RPC-over-RDMA transports in the forward direction is) s
5 201 M
(   defined in [RFC5531] and [I-D.ietf-nfsv4-rfc5666bis].  In this) s
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(   section, a mechanism for backward direction operation on RPC-over-) s
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(   RDMA is defined.  Backward operation used in combination with forward) s
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(   operation enables bi-directional communication on a common RPC) s
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(   transport connection.) s
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(   Certain fields in the RPC-over-RDMA header are fixed for all versions) s
5 641 M
(   of RPC-over-RDMA.  The XDR description of these fields is contained) s
5 630 M
(   in Section 5.1 of [I-D.ietf-nfsv4-rfc5666bis].) s
5 608 M
(5.1.  Sending A Backward Direction Call) s
5 586 M
(   To form a backward direction RPC-over-RDMA Call message, an ONC RPC) s
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(   service endpoint constructs an RPC-over-RDMA header containing a) s
5 564 M
(   fresh RPC XID in the rdma_xid field \(see Section 2.4 for full) s
5 553 M
(   requirements\).) s
5 531 M
(   The rdma_vers field MUST contain the same value in backward and) s
5 520 M
(   forward direction Call messages on the same connection.) s
5 498 M
(   The number of requested backward direction credits is placed in the) s
5 487 M
(   rdma_credit field \(see Section 4\).) s
5 465 M
(   Whether presented inline or as a separate chunk, the ONC RPC Call) s
5 454 M
(   header MUST start with the same XID value that is present in the RPC-) s
5 443 M
(   over-RDMA header, and the RPC header's msg_type field MUST contain) s
5 432 M
(   the value CALL.) s
5 410 M
(5.2.  Sending A Backward Direction Reply) s
5 388 M
(   To form a backward direction RPC-over-RDMA Reply message, an ONC RPC) s
5 377 M
(   client endpoint constructs an RPC-over-RDMA header containing a copy) s
5 366 M
(   of the matching ONC RPC Call's RPC XID in the rdma_xid field \(see) s
5 355 M
(   Section 2.4 for full requirements\).) s
5 333 M
(   The rdma_vers field MUST contain the same value in a backward) s
5 322 M
(   direction Reply message as in the matching Call message.) s
5 300 M
(   The number of granted backward direction credits is placed in the) s
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(   rdma_credit field \(see Section 4\).) s
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(   Whether presented inline or as a separate chunk, the ONC RPC Reply) s
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(   header MUST start with the same XID value that is present in the RPC-) s
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(   over-RDMA header, and the RPC header's msg_type field MUST contain) s
5 234 M
(   the value REPLY.) s
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(5.3.  Backward Direction Chunks) s
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(   Chunks MAY be used in the backward direction.  They operate the same) s
5 179 M
(   way as in the forward direction \(see [I-D.ietf-nfsv4-rfc5666bis] for) s
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(   details\).) s
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(   An implementation might not support any Upper Layer Protocol that has) s
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(   DDP-eligible data items.  The Upper Layer Protocol may also use only) s
5 663 M
(   small messages, or it may have a native mechanism for restricting the) s
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(   Long Messages in the backward direction.) s
5 619 M
(   When there is no Upper Layer Protocol requirement for chunks,) s
5 608 M
(   implementers can choose not to provide support for chunks in the) s
5 597 M
(   backward direction.  This avoids the complexity of adding support for) s
5 586 M
(   performing RDMA Reads and Writes in the backward direction.) s
5 564 M
(   When chunks are not implemented, RPC messages in the backward) s
5 553 M
(   direction are always sent using RDMA_MSG, and therefore can be no) s
5 542 M
(   larger than what can be sent inline \(that is, without chunks\).) s
5 531 M
(   Sending an inline message larger than the inline threshold can result) s
5 520 M
(   in loss of connection.) s
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(   If a backward direction requester provides a non-empty chunk list to) s
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(   a responder that does not support chunks, the responder MUST reply) s
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(   with an RDMA_ERROR message with rdma_err field set to ERR_CHUNK.) s
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(5.4.  Backward Direction Retransmission) s
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(   In rare cases, an ONC RPC transaction cannot be completed within a) s
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(   certain time.  This can be because the transport connection was lost,) s
5 410 M
(   the Call or Reply message was dropped, or because the Upper Layer) s
5 399 M
(   consumer delayed or dropped the ONC RPC request.  Typically, the) s
5 388 M
(   Requester sends the transaction again, reusing the same RPC XID.) s
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(   This is known as an "RPC retransmission".) s
5 355 M
(   In the forward direction, the Requester is the ONC RPC client.  The) s
5 344 M
(   client is always responsible for establishing a transport connection) s
5 333 M
(   before sending again.) s
5 311 M
(   In the backward direction, the Requester is the ONC RPC server.) s
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(   Because an ONC RPC server does not establish transport connections) s
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(   with clients, it cannot send a retransmission if there is no) s
5 278 M
(   transport connection.  It must wait for the ONC RPC client to re-) s
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(   establish the transport connection before it can retransmit ONC RPC) s
5 256 M
(   transactions in the backward direction.) s
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(   If an ONC RPC client has no work to do, it may be some time before it) s
5 223 M
(   re-establishes a transport connection.  Backward direction Requesters) s
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(   must be prepared to wait indefinitely for a connection to be) s
5 201 M
(   established before a pending backward direction ONC RPC Call can be) s
5 190 M
(   retransmitted.) s
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(   Forward direction Requesters are responsible for maintaining a) s
5 674 M
(   transport connection as long as there is the possibility of backward) s
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(   direction requests.  For example, an NFSv4.1 client with open) s
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(   delegated files or active pNFS layouts should maintain a transport) s
5 641 M
(   connection so the server can send callback operations.) s
5 619 M
(6.  In the Absence of Backward Direction Support) s
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(   An RPC-over-RDMA transport endpoint might not support backward) s
5 586 M
(   direction operation \(and thus bi-directional operation\).  There might) s
5 575 M
(   be no mechanism in the transport implementation to do so.  Or in an) s
5 564 M
(   implementation that can support operation in the backward direction,) s
5 553 M
(   the Upper Layer Protocol consumer might not yet have configured or) s
5 542 M
(   enabled the transport to handle backward direction traffic.) s
5 520 M
(   If an endpoint is not prepared to receive an incoming backward) s
5 509 M
(   direction message, loss of the RDMA connection might result.  Thus) s
5 498 M
(   denial of service could result if a sender continues to send backward) s
5 487 M
(   direction messages after every transport reconnect to an endpoint) s
5 476 M
(   that is not prepared to receive them.) s
5 454 M
(   When dealing with the possibility that the remote peer has no) s
5 443 M
(   transport level support for backward direction operation, the Upper) s
5 432 M
(   Layer Protocol becomes responsible for informing peers when backward) s
5 421 M
(   direction operation is supported.  Otherwise even a simple backward) s
5 410 M
(   direction NULL probe from a peer could result in a lost connection.) s
5 388 M
(   Therefore, an Upper Layer Protocol consumer MUST NOT perform backward) s
5 377 M
(   direction ONC RPC operations unless the peer consumer has indicated) s
5 366 M
(   it is prepared to handle them.  A description of Upper Layer Protocol) s
5 355 M
(   mechanisms used for this indication is outside the scope of this) s
5 344 M
(   document.) s
5 322 M
(   For example, an NFSv4.1 server does not send backchannel messages to) s
5 311 M
(   an NFSv4.1 client before the NFSv4.1 client has sent a CREATE_SESSION) s
5 300 M
(   or a BIND_CONN_TO_SESSION operation.  As long as an NFSv4.1 client) s
5 289 M
(   has prepared appropriate backchannel resources before sending one of) s
5 278 M
(   these operations announcing support for backchannel operation, denial) s
5 267 M
(   of service is avoided.) s
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(7.  Considerations For Upper Layer Bindings) s
5 223 M
(   An Upper Layer Protocol that operates on RPC-over-RDMA transports may) s
5 212 M
(   have procedures that include DDP-eligible data items.  DDP-) s
5 201 M
(   eligibility is specified in an Upper Layer Binding.  Direction of) s
5 190 M
(   operation does not obviate the need for DDP-eligibility statements.) s
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(   Dave Noveck provided excellent review, constructive suggestions, and) s
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(   Dai Ngo was a solid partner and collaborator.  Together we) s
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(   constructed and tested independent prototypes of the changes) s
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(   The author wishes to thank Bill Baker for his unwavering support of) s
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(   expert contributions of Karen Deitke, Chunli Zhang, Mahesh) s
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(   Siddheshwar, Steve Wise, and Tom Tucker.) s
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(              Lever, C., Simpson, W., and T. Talpey, "Remote Direct) s
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(              ietf-nfsv4-rfc5666bis-04 \(work in progress\), March 2016.) s
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(   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate) s
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(              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.) s
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(   [RFC5531]  Thurlow, R., "RPC: Remote Procedure Call Protocol) s
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(              Specification Version 2", RFC 5531, May 2009.) s
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(   [RFC5661]  Shepler, S., Eisler, M., and D. Noveck, "Network File) s
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(              System \(NFS\) Version 4 Minor Version 1 Protocol", RFC) s
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(   [RFC7530]  Haynes, T. and D. Noveck, "Network File System \(NFS\)) s
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(              Version 4 Protocol", RFC 7530, March 2015.) s
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(Author's Address) s
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(   Charles Lever) s
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(   Oracle Corporation) s
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(   1015 Granger Avenue) s
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