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In summary, the tx_timeout serves to ensure that messages which do not require an explicit response from the peer are completed on the tx event added by M|OFED to the completion queue. And it also serves to ensure that any messages which require an explicit reply to be completed receive that reply within the tx_timout.
O2IBLND TX Lifecycle
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TX Timeouts in the presence of LNet Routers
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