+#define LNET_MT_HASH_MASK (LNET_MT_HASH_SIZE - 1)
+/* we allocate (LNET_MT_HASH_SIZE + 1) entries for lnet_match_table::mt_hash,
+ * the last entry is reserved for MEs with ignore-bits */
+#define LNET_MT_HASH_IGNORE LNET_MT_HASH_SIZE
+/* __u64 has 2^6 bits, so need 2^(LNET_MT_HASH_BITS - LNET_MT_BITS_U64) which
+ * is 4 __u64s as bit-map, and add an extra __u64 (only use one bit) for the
+ * ME-list with ignore-bits, which is mtable::mt_hash[LNET_MT_HASH_IGNORE] */
+#define LNET_MT_BITS_U64 6 /* 2^6 bits */
+#define LNET_MT_EXHAUSTED_BITS (LNET_MT_HASH_BITS - LNET_MT_BITS_U64)
+#define LNET_MT_EXHAUSTED_BMAP ((1 << LNET_MT_EXHAUSTED_BITS) + 1)