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index 8581ea4..3b97ea5 100644 (file)
@@ -1,22 +1,37 @@
 /* -*- mode: c; c-basic-offset: 8; indent-tabs-mode: nil; -*-
  * vim:expandtab:shiftwidth=8:tabstop=8:
  *
- *  Copyright (c) 2001-2003 Cluster File Systems, Inc.
+ * GPL HEADER START
  *
- *   This file is part of Lustre, http://www.sf.net/projects/lustre/
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
- *   Lustre is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- *   modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public
- *   License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only,
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
  *
- *   Lustre is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- *   GNU General Public License for more details.
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * General Public License version 2 for more details (a copy is included
+ * in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code).
  *
- *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- *   along with Lustre; if not, write to the Free Software
- *   Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 along with this program; If not, see
+ * http://www.sun.com/software/products/lustre/docs/GPLv2.pdf
+ *
+ * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+ * have any questions.
+ *
+ * GPL HEADER END
+ */
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2003, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Use is subject to license terms.
+ */
+/*
+ * This file is part of Lustre, http://www.lustre.org/
+ * Lustre is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.
  */
 
 #define DEBUG_SUBSYSTEM S_LNET
@@ -44,10 +59,6 @@ static char *routes = "";
 CFS_MODULE_PARM(routes, "s", charp, 0444,
                 "routes to non-local networks");
 
-static char *portals_compatibility = "none";
-CFS_MODULE_PARM(portals_compatibility, "s", charp, 0444,
-                "wire protocol compatibility: 'strong'|'weak'|'none'");
-
 char *
 lnet_get_routes(void)
 {
@@ -65,7 +76,7 @@ lnet_get_networks(void)
                                    "'ip2nets' but not both at once\n");
                 return NULL;
         }
-        
+
         if (*ip2nets != 0) {
                 rc = lnet_parse_ip2nets(&nets, ip2nets);
                 return (rc == 0) ? nets : NULL;
@@ -77,35 +88,13 @@ lnet_get_networks(void)
         return "tcp";
 }
 
-int
-lnet_get_portals_compatibility(void)
-{
-        if (!strcmp(portals_compatibility, "none")) {
-                return 0;
-        }
-
-        if (!strcmp(portals_compatibility, "weak")) {
-                return 1;
-                LCONSOLE_WARN("Starting in weak portals-compatible mode\n");
-        }
-
-        if (!strcmp(portals_compatibility, "strong")) {
-                return 2;
-                LCONSOLE_WARN("Starting in strong portals-compatible mode\n");
-        } 
-
-        LCONSOLE_ERROR_MSG(0x102, "portals_compatibility=\"%s\" not supported\n",
-                           portals_compatibility);
-        return -EINVAL;
-}
-
 void
 lnet_init_locks(void)
 {
-        spin_lock_init (&the_lnet.ln_lock);
+        cfs_spin_lock_init (&the_lnet.ln_lock);
         cfs_waitq_init (&the_lnet.ln_waitq);
-        init_mutex(&the_lnet.ln_lnd_mutex);
-        init_mutex(&the_lnet.ln_api_mutex);
+        cfs_init_mutex(&the_lnet.ln_lnd_mutex);
+        cfs_init_mutex(&the_lnet.ln_api_mutex);
 }
 
 void
@@ -119,7 +108,7 @@ char *
 lnet_get_routes(void)
 {
         char *str = getenv("LNET_ROUTES");
-        
+
         return (str == NULL) ? "" : str;
 }
 
@@ -134,7 +123,7 @@ lnet_get_networks (void)
         int               len;
         int               nob;
         int               rc;
-        struct list_head *tmp;
+        cfs_list_t       *tmp;
 
 #ifdef NOT_YET
         if (networks != NULL && ip2nets != NULL) {
@@ -160,32 +149,26 @@ lnet_get_networks (void)
         str = default_networks;
         *str = 0;
         sep = "";
-                
-        list_for_each (tmp, &the_lnet.ln_lnds) {
-                        lnd_t *lnd = list_entry(tmp, lnd_t, lnd_list);
-                        
-                        nob = snprintf(str, len, "%s%s", sep,
-                                       libcfs_lnd2str(lnd->lnd_type));
-                        len -= nob;
-                        if (len < 0) {
-                                /* overflowed the string; leave it where it was */
-                                *str = 0;
-                                break;
-                        }
-                        
-                        str += nob;
-                        sep = ",";
+
+        cfs_list_for_each (tmp, &the_lnet.ln_lnds) {
+                lnd_t *lnd = cfs_list_entry(tmp, lnd_t, lnd_list);
+
+                nob = snprintf(str, len, "%s%s", sep,
+                               libcfs_lnd2str(lnd->lnd_type));
+                len -= nob;
+                if (len < 0) {
+                        /* overflowed the string; leave it where it was */
+                        *str = 0;
+                        break;
+                }
+
+                str += nob;
+                sep = ",";
         }
 
         return default_networks;
 }
 
-int
-lnet_get_portals_compatibility(void)
-{
-        return 0;
-}
-
 # ifndef HAVE_LIBPTHREAD
 
 void lnet_init_locks(void)
@@ -317,19 +300,19 @@ void lnet_assert_wire_constants (void)
 }
 
 lnd_t *
-lnet_find_lnd_by_type (int type) 
+lnet_find_lnd_by_type (int type)
 {
         lnd_t              *lnd;
-        struct list_head   *tmp;
+        cfs_list_t         *tmp;
 
         /* holding lnd mutex */
-        list_for_each (tmp, &the_lnet.ln_lnds) {
-                lnd = list_entry(tmp, lnd_t, lnd_list);
+        cfs_list_for_each (tmp, &the_lnet.ln_lnds) {
+                lnd = cfs_list_entry(tmp, lnd_t, lnd_list);
 
-                if (lnd->lnd_type == type)
+                if ((int)lnd->lnd_type == type)
                         return lnd;
         }
-        
+
         return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -341,8 +324,8 @@ lnet_register_lnd (lnd_t *lnd)
         LASSERT (the_lnet.ln_init);
         LASSERT (libcfs_isknown_lnd(lnd->lnd_type));
         LASSERT (lnet_find_lnd_by_type(lnd->lnd_type) == NULL);
-        
-        list_add_tail (&lnd->lnd_list, &the_lnet.ln_lnds);
+
+        cfs_list_add_tail (&lnd->lnd_list, &the_lnet.ln_lnds);
         lnd->lnd_refcount = 0;
 
         CDEBUG(D_NET, "%s LND registered\n", libcfs_lnd2str(lnd->lnd_type));
@@ -358,8 +341,8 @@ lnet_unregister_lnd (lnd_t *lnd)
         LASSERT (the_lnet.ln_init);
         LASSERT (lnet_find_lnd_by_type(lnd->lnd_type) == lnd);
         LASSERT (lnd->lnd_refcount == 0);
-        
-        list_del (&lnd->lnd_list);
+
+        cfs_list_del (&lnd->lnd_list);
         CDEBUG(D_NET, "%s LND unregistered\n", libcfs_lnd2str(lnd->lnd_type));
 
         LNET_MUTEX_UP(&the_lnet.ln_lnd_mutex);
@@ -401,7 +384,7 @@ lnet_freelist_init (lnet_freelist_t *fl, int n, int size)
         do
         {
                 memset (space, 0, size);
-                list_add ((struct list_head *)space, &fl->fl_list);
+                cfs_list_add ((cfs_list_t *)space, &fl->fl_list);
                 space += size;
         } while (--n != 0);
 
@@ -411,7 +394,7 @@ lnet_freelist_init (lnet_freelist_t *fl, int n, int size)
 void
 lnet_freelist_fini (lnet_freelist_t *fl)
 {
-        struct list_head *el;
+        cfs_list_t       *el;
         int               count;
 
         if (fl->fl_nobjs == 0)
@@ -424,7 +407,7 @@ lnet_freelist_fini (lnet_freelist_t *fl)
         LASSERT (count == fl->fl_nobjs);
 
         LIBCFS_FREE(fl->fl_objs, fl->fl_nobjs * fl->fl_objsize);
-        memset (fl, 0, sizeof (fl));
+        memset (fl, 0, sizeof (*fl));
 }
 
 int
@@ -483,7 +466,7 @@ lnet_create_interface_cookie (void)
         int            rc = gettimeofday (&tv, NULL);
         LASSERT (rc == 0);
 #else
-        do_gettimeofday(&tv);
+        cfs_gettimeofday(&tv);
 #endif
         cookie = tv.tv_sec;
         cookie *= 1000000;
@@ -492,26 +475,27 @@ lnet_create_interface_cookie (void)
 }
 
 int
-lnet_setup_handle_hash (void) 
+lnet_setup_handle_hash (void)
 {
         int       i;
-        
+
         /* Arbitrary choice of hash table size */
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
-        the_lnet.ln_lh_hash_size = CFS_PAGE_SIZE / sizeof (struct list_head);
+        the_lnet.ln_lh_hash_size =
+                (2 * CFS_PAGE_SIZE) / sizeof (cfs_list_t);
 #else
         the_lnet.ln_lh_hash_size = (MAX_MES + MAX_MDS + MAX_EQS)/4;
 #endif
         LIBCFS_ALLOC(the_lnet.ln_lh_hash_table,
-                     the_lnet.ln_lh_hash_size * sizeof (struct list_head));
+                     the_lnet.ln_lh_hash_size * sizeof (cfs_list_t));
         if (the_lnet.ln_lh_hash_table == NULL)
                 return (-ENOMEM);
-        
+
         for (i = 0; i < the_lnet.ln_lh_hash_size; i++)
                 CFS_INIT_LIST_HEAD (&the_lnet.ln_lh_hash_table[i]);
 
         the_lnet.ln_next_object_cookie = LNET_COOKIE_TYPES;
-        
+
         return (0);
 }
 
@@ -520,38 +504,38 @@ lnet_cleanup_handle_hash (void)
 {
         if (the_lnet.ln_lh_hash_table == NULL)
                 return;
-        
+
         LIBCFS_FREE(the_lnet.ln_lh_hash_table,
-                    the_lnet.ln_lh_hash_size * sizeof (struct list_head));
+                    the_lnet.ln_lh_hash_size * sizeof (cfs_list_t));
 }
 
 lnet_libhandle_t *
-lnet_lookup_cookie (__u64 cookie, int type) 
+lnet_lookup_cookie (__u64 cookie, int type)
 {
         /* ALWAYS called with LNET_LOCK held */
-        struct list_head    *list;
-        struct list_head    *el;
+        cfs_list_t          *list;
+        cfs_list_t          *el;
         unsigned int         hash;
 
         if ((cookie & (LNET_COOKIE_TYPES - 1)) != type)
                 return (NULL);
-        
-        hash = ((unsigned int)cookie) % the_lnet.ln_lh_hash_size;
+
+        hash = ((unsigned int)(cookie >> LNET_COOKIE_TYPE_BITS)) % the_lnet.ln_lh_hash_size;
         list = &the_lnet.ln_lh_hash_table[hash];
-        
-        list_for_each (el, list) {
-                lnet_libhandle_t *lh = list_entry (el, lnet_libhandle_t,
-                                                  lh_hash_chain);
-                
+
+        cfs_list_for_each (el, list) {
+                lnet_libhandle_t *lh = cfs_list_entry (el, lnet_libhandle_t,
+                                                      lh_hash_chain);
+
                 if (lh->lh_cookie == cookie)
                         return (lh);
         }
-        
+
         return (NULL);
 }
 
 void
-lnet_initialise_handle (lnet_libhandle_t *lh, int type) 
+lnet_initialise_handle (lnet_libhandle_t *lh, int type)
 {
         /* ALWAYS called with LNET_LOCK held */
         unsigned int    hash;
@@ -559,16 +543,49 @@ lnet_initialise_handle (lnet_libhandle_t *lh, int type)
         LASSERT (type >= 0 && type < LNET_COOKIE_TYPES);
         lh->lh_cookie = the_lnet.ln_next_object_cookie | type;
         the_lnet.ln_next_object_cookie += LNET_COOKIE_TYPES;
-        
-        hash = ((unsigned int)lh->lh_cookie) % the_lnet.ln_lh_hash_size;
-        list_add (&lh->lh_hash_chain, &the_lnet.ln_lh_hash_table[hash]);
+
+        hash = ((unsigned int)(lh->lh_cookie >> LNET_COOKIE_TYPE_BITS)) % the_lnet.ln_lh_hash_size;
+        cfs_list_add (&lh->lh_hash_chain, &the_lnet.ln_lh_hash_table[hash]);
 }
 
 void
 lnet_invalidate_handle (lnet_libhandle_t *lh)
 {
         /* ALWAYS called with LNET_LOCK held */
-        list_del (&lh->lh_hash_chain);
+        cfs_list_del (&lh->lh_hash_chain);
+}
+
+cfs_list_t *
+lnet_portal_mhash_alloc(void)
+{
+        cfs_list_t       *mhash;
+        int               i;
+
+        LIBCFS_ALLOC(mhash, sizeof(cfs_list_t) * LNET_PORTAL_HASH_SIZE);
+        if (mhash == NULL)
+                return NULL;
+
+        for (i = 0; i < LNET_PORTAL_HASH_SIZE; i++)
+                CFS_INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mhash[i]);
+
+        return mhash;
+}
+
+void
+lnet_portal_mhash_free(cfs_list_t *mhash)
+{
+        int     i;
+
+        for (i = 0; i < LNET_PORTAL_HASH_SIZE; i++) {
+                while (!cfs_list_empty(&mhash[i])) {
+                        lnet_me_t *me = cfs_list_entry(mhash[i].next,
+                                                       lnet_me_t, me_list);
+                        CERROR ("Active ME %p on exit portal mhash\n", me);
+                        cfs_list_del(&me->me_list);
+                        lnet_me_free(me);
+                }
+        }
+        LIBCFS_FREE(mhash, sizeof(cfs_list_t) * LNET_PORTAL_HASH_SIZE);
 }
 
 int
@@ -577,10 +594,10 @@ lnet_init_finalizers(void)
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
         int    i;
 
-        the_lnet.ln_nfinalizers = num_online_cpus();
+        the_lnet.ln_nfinalizers = (int) cfs_num_online_cpus();
 
         LIBCFS_ALLOC(the_lnet.ln_finalizers,
-                     the_lnet.ln_nfinalizers * 
+                     the_lnet.ln_nfinalizers *
                      sizeof(*the_lnet.ln_finalizers));
         if (the_lnet.ln_finalizers == NULL) {
                 CERROR("Can't allocate ln_finalizers\n");
@@ -602,7 +619,7 @@ lnet_fini_finalizers(void)
 {
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
         int    i;
-        
+
         for (i = 0; i < the_lnet.ln_nfinalizers; i++)
                 LASSERT (the_lnet.ln_finalizers[i] == NULL);
 
@@ -612,11 +629,13 @@ lnet_fini_finalizers(void)
 #else
         LASSERT (!the_lnet.ln_finalizing);
 #endif
-        LASSERT (list_empty(&the_lnet.ln_finalizeq));
+        LASSERT (cfs_list_empty(&the_lnet.ln_finalizeq));
 }
 
 #ifndef __KERNEL__
-/* Temporary workaround to allow uOSS and test programs force server
+/**
+ * Reserved API - do not use.
+ * Temporary workaround to allow uOSS and test programs force server
  * mode in userspace. See comments near ln_server_mode_flag in
  * lnet/lib-types.h */
 
@@ -624,7 +643,7 @@ void
 lnet_server_mode() {
         the_lnet.ln_server_mode_flag = 1;
 }
-#endif        
+#endif
 
 int
 lnet_prepare(lnet_pid_t requested_pid)
@@ -643,7 +662,7 @@ lnet_prepare(lnet_pid_t requested_pid)
 #else
         if (the_lnet.ln_server_mode_flag) {/* server case (uOSS) */
                 LASSERT ((requested_pid & LNET_PID_USERFLAG) == 0);
-                
+
                 if (cfs_curproc_uid())/* Only root can run user-space server */
                         return -EPERM;
                 the_lnet.ln_pid = requested_pid;
@@ -652,14 +671,14 @@ lnet_prepare(lnet_pid_t requested_pid)
 
                 /* My PID must be unique on this node and flag I'm userspace */
                 the_lnet.ln_pid = getpid() | LNET_PID_USERFLAG;
-        }        
+        }
 #endif
 
         rc = lnet_descriptor_setup();
         if (rc != 0)
                 goto failed0;
 
-        memset(&the_lnet.ln_counters, 0, 
+        memset(&the_lnet.ln_counters, 0,
                sizeof(the_lnet.ln_counters));
 
         CFS_INIT_LIST_HEAD (&the_lnet.ln_active_msgs);
@@ -688,8 +707,8 @@ lnet_prepare(lnet_pid_t requested_pid)
                 goto failed2;
 
         the_lnet.ln_nportals = MAX_PORTALS;
-        LIBCFS_ALLOC(the_lnet.ln_portals, 
-                     the_lnet.ln_nportals * 
+        LIBCFS_ALLOC(the_lnet.ln_portals,
+                     the_lnet.ln_nportals *
                      sizeof(*the_lnet.ln_portals));
         if (the_lnet.ln_portals == NULL) {
                 rc = -ENOMEM;
@@ -697,13 +716,13 @@ lnet_prepare(lnet_pid_t requested_pid)
         }
 
         for (i = 0; i < the_lnet.ln_nportals; i++) {
-                CFS_INIT_LIST_HEAD(&(the_lnet.ln_portals[i].ptl_ml));
+                CFS_INIT_LIST_HEAD(&(the_lnet.ln_portals[i].ptl_mlist));
                 CFS_INIT_LIST_HEAD(&(the_lnet.ln_portals[i].ptl_msgq));
                 the_lnet.ln_portals[i].ptl_options = 0;
         }
 
         return 0;
-        
+
  failed3:
         lnet_fini_finalizers();
  failed2:
@@ -719,7 +738,7 @@ int
 lnet_unprepare (void)
 {
         int       idx;
-        
+
         /* NB no LNET_LOCK since this is the last reference.  All LND instances
          * have shut down already, so it is safe to unlink and free all
          * descriptors, even those that appear committed to a network op (eg MD
@@ -727,51 +746,57 @@ lnet_unprepare (void)
 
         lnet_fail_nid(LNET_NID_ANY, 0);
 
-        LASSERT (list_empty(&the_lnet.ln_test_peers));
+        LASSERT (cfs_list_empty(&the_lnet.ln_test_peers));
         LASSERT (the_lnet.ln_refcount == 0);
-        LASSERT (list_empty(&the_lnet.ln_nis));
-        LASSERT (list_empty(&the_lnet.ln_zombie_nis));
+        LASSERT (cfs_list_empty(&the_lnet.ln_nis));
+        LASSERT (cfs_list_empty(&the_lnet.ln_zombie_nis));
         LASSERT (the_lnet.ln_nzombie_nis == 0);
-               
+
         for (idx = 0; idx < the_lnet.ln_nportals; idx++) {
-                LASSERT (list_empty(&the_lnet.ln_portals[idx].ptl_msgq));
+                lnet_portal_t *ptl = &the_lnet.ln_portals[idx];
 
-                while (!list_empty (&the_lnet.ln_portals[idx].ptl_ml)) {
-                        lnet_me_t *me = list_entry (the_lnet.ln_portals[idx].ptl_ml.next,
-                                                    lnet_me_t, me_list);
+                LASSERT (cfs_list_empty(&ptl->ptl_msgq));
 
-                        CERROR ("Active me %p on exit\n", me);
-                        list_del (&me->me_list);
+                while (!cfs_list_empty(&ptl->ptl_mlist)) {
+                        lnet_me_t *me = cfs_list_entry(ptl->ptl_mlist.next,
+                                                       lnet_me_t, me_list);
+                        CERROR ("Active ME %p on exit\n", me);
+                        cfs_list_del (&me->me_list);
                         lnet_me_free (me);
                 }
+
+                if (ptl->ptl_mhash != NULL) {
+                        LASSERT (lnet_portal_is_unique(ptl));
+                        lnet_portal_mhash_free(ptl->ptl_mhash);
+                }
         }
 
-        while (!list_empty (&the_lnet.ln_active_mds)) {
-                lnet_libmd_t *md = list_entry (the_lnet.ln_active_mds.next,
-                                               lnet_libmd_t, md_list);
+        while (!cfs_list_empty (&the_lnet.ln_active_mds)) {
+                lnet_libmd_t *md = cfs_list_entry (the_lnet.ln_active_mds.next,
+                                                   lnet_libmd_t, md_list);
 
-                CERROR ("Active md %p on exit\n", md);
-                list_del (&md->md_list);
+                CERROR ("Active MD %p on exit\n", md);
+                cfs_list_del_init (&md->md_list);
                 lnet_md_free (md);
         }
 
-        while (!list_empty (&the_lnet.ln_active_eqs)) {
-                lnet_eq_t *eq = list_entry (the_lnet.ln_active_eqs.next,
-                                            lnet_eq_t, eq_list);
+        while (!cfs_list_empty (&the_lnet.ln_active_eqs)) {
+                lnet_eq_t *eq = cfs_list_entry (the_lnet.ln_active_eqs.next,
+                                                lnet_eq_t, eq_list);
 
-                CERROR ("Active eq %p on exit\n", eq);
-                list_del (&eq->eq_list);
+                CERROR ("Active EQ %p on exit\n", eq);
+                cfs_list_del (&eq->eq_list);
                 lnet_eq_free (eq);
         }
 
-        while (!list_empty (&the_lnet.ln_active_msgs)) {
-                lnet_msg_t *msg = list_entry (the_lnet.ln_active_msgs.next,
-                                              lnet_msg_t, msg_activelist);
+        while (!cfs_list_empty (&the_lnet.ln_active_msgs)) {
+                lnet_msg_t *msg = cfs_list_entry (the_lnet.ln_active_msgs.next,
+                                                  lnet_msg_t, msg_activelist);
 
                 CERROR ("Active msg %p on exit\n", msg);
                 LASSERT (msg->msg_onactivelist);
                 msg->msg_onactivelist = 0;
-                list_del (&msg->msg_activelist);
+                cfs_list_del (&msg->msg_activelist);
                 lnet_msg_free (msg);
         }
 
@@ -790,18 +815,18 @@ lnet_unprepare (void)
 lnet_ni_t  *
 lnet_net2ni_locked (__u32 net)
 {
-        struct list_head *tmp;
+        cfs_list_t       *tmp;
         lnet_ni_t        *ni;
 
-        list_for_each (tmp, &the_lnet.ln_nis) {
-                ni = list_entry(tmp, lnet_ni_t, ni_list);
+        cfs_list_for_each (tmp, &the_lnet.ln_nis) {
+                ni = cfs_list_entry(tmp, lnet_ni_t, ni_list);
 
-                if (lnet_ptlcompat_matchnet(LNET_NIDNET(ni->ni_nid), net)) {
+                if (LNET_NIDNET(ni->ni_nid) == net) {
                         lnet_ni_addref_locked(ni);
                         return ni;
                 }
         }
-        
+
         return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -809,7 +834,7 @@ int
 lnet_islocalnet (__u32 net)
 {
         lnet_ni_t        *ni;
-        
+
         LNET_LOCK();
         ni = lnet_net2ni_locked(net);
         if (ni != NULL)
@@ -822,18 +847,18 @@ lnet_islocalnet (__u32 net)
 lnet_ni_t  *
 lnet_nid2ni_locked (lnet_nid_t nid)
 {
-        struct list_head *tmp;
+        cfs_list_t       *tmp;
         lnet_ni_t        *ni;
 
-        list_for_each (tmp, &the_lnet.ln_nis) {
-                ni = list_entry(tmp, lnet_ni_t, ni_list);
+        cfs_list_for_each (tmp, &the_lnet.ln_nis) {
+                ni = cfs_list_entry(tmp, lnet_ni_t, ni_list);
 
-                if (lnet_ptlcompat_matchnid(ni->ni_nid, nid)) {
+                if (ni->ni_nid == nid) {
                         lnet_ni_addref_locked(ni);
                         return ni;
                 }
         }
-        
+
         return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -841,7 +866,7 @@ int
 lnet_islocalnid (lnet_nid_t nid)
 {
         lnet_ni_t     *ni;
-        
+
         LNET_LOCK();
         ni = lnet_nid2ni_locked(nid);
         if (ni != NULL)
@@ -852,30 +877,25 @@ lnet_islocalnid (lnet_nid_t nid)
 }
 
 int
-lnet_count_acceptor_nis (lnet_ni_t **first_ni)
+lnet_count_acceptor_nis (void)
 {
-        /* Return the # of NIs that need the acceptor.  Return the first one in
-         * *first_ni so the acceptor can pass it connections "blind" to retain
-         * binary compatibility. */
-        int                count = 0;
-        struct list_head  *tmp;
-        lnet_ni_t         *ni;
+        /* Return the # of NIs that need the acceptor. */
+        int            count = 0;
+#if defined(__KERNEL__) || defined(HAVE_LIBPTHREAD)
+        cfs_list_t    *tmp;
+        lnet_ni_t     *ni;
 
         LNET_LOCK();
-        list_for_each (tmp, &the_lnet.ln_nis) {
-                ni = list_entry(tmp, lnet_ni_t, ni_list);
-
-                if (ni->ni_lnd->lnd_accept != NULL) {
-                        /* This LND uses the acceptor */
-                        if (count == 0 && first_ni != NULL) {
-                                lnet_ni_addref_locked(ni);
-                                *first_ni = ni;
-                        }
+        cfs_list_for_each (tmp, &the_lnet.ln_nis) {
+                ni = cfs_list_entry(tmp, lnet_ni_t, ni_list);
+
+                if (ni->ni_lnd->lnd_accept != NULL)
                         count++;
-                }
         }
-        
+
         LNET_UNLOCK();
+
+#endif /* defined(__KERNEL__) || defined(HAVE_LIBPTHREAD) */
         return count;
 }
 
@@ -891,18 +911,18 @@ lnet_shutdown_lndnis (void)
         /* All quiet on the API front */
         LASSERT (!the_lnet.ln_shutdown);
         LASSERT (the_lnet.ln_refcount == 0);
-        LASSERT (list_empty(&the_lnet.ln_zombie_nis));
+        LASSERT (cfs_list_empty(&the_lnet.ln_zombie_nis));
         LASSERT (the_lnet.ln_nzombie_nis == 0);
-        LASSERT (list_empty(&the_lnet.ln_remote_nets));
+        LASSERT (cfs_list_empty(&the_lnet.ln_remote_nets));
 
         LNET_LOCK();
         the_lnet.ln_shutdown = 1;               /* flag shutdown */
 
         /* Unlink NIs from the global table */
-        while (!list_empty(&the_lnet.ln_nis)) {
-                ni = list_entry(the_lnet.ln_nis.next,
-                                lnet_ni_t, ni_list);
-                list_del (&ni->ni_list);
+        while (!cfs_list_empty(&the_lnet.ln_nis)) {
+                ni = cfs_list_entry(the_lnet.ln_nis.next,
+                                    lnet_ni_t, ni_list);
+                cfs_list_del (&ni->ni_list);
 
                 the_lnet.ln_nzombie_nis++;
                 lnet_ni_decref_locked(ni); /* drop apini's ref */
@@ -937,7 +957,7 @@ lnet_shutdown_lndnis (void)
         i = 2;
         while (the_lnet.ln_nzombie_nis != 0) {
 
-                while (list_empty(&the_lnet.ln_zombie_nis)) {
+                while (cfs_list_empty(&the_lnet.ln_zombie_nis)) {
                         LNET_UNLOCK();
                         ++i;
                         if ((i & (-i)) == i)
@@ -947,16 +967,16 @@ lnet_shutdown_lndnis (void)
                         LNET_LOCK();
                 }
 
-                ni = list_entry(the_lnet.ln_zombie_nis.next,
-                                lnet_ni_t, ni_list);
-                list_del(&ni->ni_list);
+                ni = cfs_list_entry(the_lnet.ln_zombie_nis.next,
+                                    lnet_ni_t, ni_list);
+                cfs_list_del(&ni->ni_list);
                 ni->ni_lnd->lnd_refcount--;
 
                 LNET_UNLOCK();
 
                 islo = ni->ni_lnd->lnd_type == LOLND;
 
-                LASSERT (!in_interrupt ());
+                LASSERT (!cfs_in_interrupt ());
                 (ni->ni_lnd->lnd_shutdown)(ni);
 
                 /* can't deref lnd anymore now; it might have unregistered
@@ -987,13 +1007,13 @@ lnet_startup_lndnis (void)
 {
         lnd_t             *lnd;
         lnet_ni_t         *ni;
-        struct list_head   nilist;
+        cfs_list_t         nilist;
         int                rc = 0;
         int                lnd_type;
         int                nicount = 0;
         char              *nets = lnet_get_networks();
 
-        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&nilist);
+        CFS_INIT_LIST_HEAD(&nilist);
 
         if (nets == NULL)
                 goto failed;
@@ -1002,8 +1022,8 @@ lnet_startup_lndnis (void)
         if (rc != 0)
                 goto failed;
 
-        while (!list_empty(&nilist)) {
-                ni = list_entry(nilist.next, lnet_ni_t, ni_list);
+        while (!cfs_list_empty(&nilist)) {
+                ni = cfs_list_entry(nilist.next, lnet_ni_t, ni_list);
                 lnd_type = LNET_NETTYP(LNET_NIDNET(ni->ni_nid));
 
                 LASSERT (libcfs_isknown_lnd(lnd_type));
@@ -1014,7 +1034,8 @@ lnet_startup_lndnis (void)
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
                 if (lnd == NULL) {
                         LNET_MUTEX_UP(&the_lnet.ln_lnd_mutex);
-                        rc = request_module(libcfs_lnd2modname(lnd_type));
+                        rc = cfs_request_module("%s",
+                                                libcfs_lnd2modname(lnd_type));
                         LNET_MUTEX_DOWN(&the_lnet.ln_lnd_mutex);
 
                         lnd = lnet_find_lnd_by_type(lnd_type);
@@ -1023,10 +1044,10 @@ lnet_startup_lndnis (void)
                                 CERROR("Can't load LND %s, module %s, rc=%d\n",
                                        libcfs_lnd2str(lnd_type),
                                        libcfs_lnd2modname(lnd_type), rc);
-#ifndef CONFIG_KMOD
+#ifndef HAVE_MODULE_LOADING_SUPPORT
                                 LCONSOLE_ERROR_MSG(0x104, "Your kernel must be "
-                                         "compiled with CONFIG_KMOD set for "
-                                         "automatic module loading.");
+                                         "compiled with kernel module "
+                                         "loading support.");
 #endif
                                 goto failed;
                         }
@@ -1062,10 +1083,12 @@ lnet_startup_lndnis (void)
                         goto failed;
                 }
 
-                list_del(&ni->ni_list);
+                LASSERT (ni->ni_peertimeout <= 0 || lnd->lnd_query != NULL);
+
+                cfs_list_del(&ni->ni_list);
 
                 LNET_LOCK();
-                list_add_tail(&ni->ni_list, &the_lnet.ln_nis);
+                cfs_list_add_tail(&ni->ni_list, &the_lnet.ln_nis);
                 LNET_UNLOCK();
 
                 if (lnd->lnd_type == LOLND) {
@@ -1101,21 +1124,11 @@ lnet_startup_lndnis (void)
 
                 ni->ni_txcredits = ni->ni_mintxcredits = ni->ni_maxtxcredits;
 
-                CDEBUG(D_LNI, "Added LNI %s [%d/%d]\n",
+                CDEBUG(D_LNI, "Added LNI %s [%d/%d/%d/%d]\n",
                        libcfs_nid2str(ni->ni_nid),
-                       ni->ni_peertxcredits, ni->ni_txcredits);
-
-                /* Handle nidstrings for network 0 just like this one */
-                if (the_lnet.ln_ptlcompat > 0) {
-                        if (nicount > 0) {
-                                LCONSOLE_ERROR_MSG(0x108, "Can't run > 1 "
-                                       "network when portals_compatibility is "
-                                       "set\n");
-                                goto failed;
-                        }
-                        libcfs_setnet0alias(lnd->lnd_type);
-                }
-                
+                       ni->ni_peertxcredits, ni->ni_txcredits,
+                       ni->ni_peerrtrcredits, ni->ni_peertimeout);
+
                 nicount++;
         }
 
@@ -1132,34 +1145,39 @@ lnet_startup_lndnis (void)
  failed:
         lnet_shutdown_lndnis();
 
-        while (!list_empty(&nilist)) {
-                ni = list_entry(nilist.next, lnet_ni_t, ni_list);
-                list_del(&ni->ni_list);
+        while (!cfs_list_empty(&nilist)) {
+                ni = cfs_list_entry(nilist.next, lnet_ni_t, ni_list);
+                cfs_list_del(&ni->ni_list);
                 LIBCFS_FREE(ni, sizeof(*ni));
         }
 
         return -ENETDOWN;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Initialize LNet library.
+ *
+ * Only userspace program needs to call this function - it's automatically
+ * called in the kernel at module loading time. Caller has to call LNetFini()
+ * after a call to LNetInit(), if and only if the latter returned 0. It must
+ * be called exactly once.
+ *
+ * \return 0 on success, and -ve on failures.
+ */
 int
 LNetInit(void)
 {
-        int    rc;
-
         lnet_assert_wire_constants ();
         LASSERT (!the_lnet.ln_init);
 
         memset(&the_lnet, 0, sizeof(the_lnet));
 
-        rc = lnet_get_portals_compatibility();
-        if (rc < 0)
-                return rc;
-
         lnet_init_locks();
-        CFS_INIT_LIST_HEAD(&the_lnet.ln_lnds);
-        the_lnet.ln_ptlcompat = rc;
         the_lnet.ln_refcount = 0;
         the_lnet.ln_init = 1;
+        LNetInvalidateHandle(&the_lnet.ln_rc_eqh);
+        CFS_INIT_LIST_HEAD(&the_lnet.ln_lnds);
+        CFS_INIT_LIST_HEAD(&the_lnet.ln_zombie_rcd);
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
         /* All LNDs apart from the LOLND are in separate modules.  They
@@ -1179,20 +1197,45 @@ LNetInit(void)
         return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Finalize LNet library.
+ *
+ * Only userspace program needs to call this function. It can be called
+ * at most once.
+ *
+ * \pre LNetInit() called with success.
+ * \pre All LNet users called LNetNIFini() for matching LNetNIInit() calls.
+ */
 void
 LNetFini(void)
 {
         LASSERT (the_lnet.ln_init);
         LASSERT (the_lnet.ln_refcount == 0);
 
-        while (!list_empty(&the_lnet.ln_lnds))
-                lnet_unregister_lnd(list_entry(the_lnet.ln_lnds.next,
-                                               lnd_t, lnd_list));
+        while (!cfs_list_empty(&the_lnet.ln_lnds))
+                lnet_unregister_lnd(cfs_list_entry(the_lnet.ln_lnds.next,
+                                                   lnd_t, lnd_list));
         lnet_fini_locks();
 
         the_lnet.ln_init = 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Set LNet PID and start LNet interfaces, routing, and forwarding.
+ *
+ * Userspace program should call this after a successful call to LNetInit().
+ * Users must call this function at least once before any other functions.
+ * For each successful call there must be a corresponding call to
+ * LNetNIFini(). For subsequent calls to LNetNIInit(), \a requested_pid is
+ * ignored.
+ *
+ * The PID used by LNet may be different from the one requested.
+ * See LNetGetId().
+ *
+ * \param requested_pid PID requested by the caller.
+ *
+ * \return 0 on success, and non-zero error code on failures.
+ */
 int
 LNetNIInit(lnet_pid_t requested_pid)
 {
@@ -1209,6 +1252,8 @@ LNetNIInit(lnet_pid_t requested_pid)
                 goto out;
         }
 
+        lnet_get_tunables();
+
         if (requested_pid == LNET_PID_ANY) {
                 /* Don't instantiate LNET just for me */
                 rc = -ENETDOWN;
@@ -1242,11 +1287,13 @@ LNetNIInit(lnet_pid_t requested_pid)
         the_lnet.ln_refcount = 1;
         /* Now I may use my own API functions... */
 
-        rc = lnet_router_checker_start();
+        /* NB router checker needs the_lnet.ln_ping_info in
+         * lnet_router_checker -> lnet_update_ni_status */
+        rc = lnet_ping_target_init();
         if (rc != 0)
                 goto failed3;
 
-        rc = lnet_ping_target_init();
+        rc = lnet_router_checker_start();
         if (rc != 0)
                 goto failed4;
 
@@ -1254,7 +1301,7 @@ LNetNIInit(lnet_pid_t requested_pid)
         goto out;
 
  failed4:
-        lnet_router_checker_stop();
+        lnet_ping_target_fini();
  failed3:
         the_lnet.ln_refcount = 0;
         lnet_acceptor_stop();
@@ -1270,6 +1317,15 @@ LNetNIInit(lnet_pid_t requested_pid)
         return rc;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Stop LNet interfaces, routing, and forwarding.
+ *
+ * Users must call this function once for each successful call to LNetNIInit().
+ * Once the LNetNIFini() operation has been started, the results of pending
+ * API operations are undefined.
+ *
+ * \return always 0 for current implementation.
+ */
 int
 LNetNIFini()
 {
@@ -1284,8 +1340,8 @@ LNetNIFini()
                 LASSERT (!the_lnet.ln_niinit_self);
 
                 lnet_proc_fini();
-                lnet_ping_target_fini();
                 lnet_router_checker_stop();
+                lnet_ping_target_fini();
 
                 /* Teardown fns that use my own API functions BEFORE here */
                 the_lnet.ln_refcount = 0;
@@ -1300,11 +1356,24 @@ LNetNIFini()
         return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * This is an ugly hack to export IOC_LIBCFS_DEBUG_PEER and
+ * IOC_LIBCFS_PORTALS_COMPATIBILITY commands to users, by tweaking the LNet
+ * internal ioctl handler.
+ *
+ * IOC_LIBCFS_PORTALS_COMPATIBILITY is now deprecated, don't use it.
+ *
+ * \param cmd IOC_LIBCFS_DEBUG_PEER to print debugging data about a peer.
+ * The data will be printed to system console. Don't use it excessively.
+ * \param arg A pointer to lnet_process_id_t, process ID of the peer.
+ *
+ * \return Always return 0 when called by users directly (i.e., not via ioctl).
+ */
 int
 LNetCtl(unsigned int cmd, void *arg)
 {
         struct libcfs_ioctl_data *data = arg;
-        lnet_process_id_t         id;
+        lnet_process_id_t         id = {0};
         lnet_ni_t                *ni;
         int                       rc;
 
@@ -1319,31 +1388,34 @@ LNetCtl(unsigned int cmd, void *arg)
 
         case IOC_LIBCFS_FAIL_NID:
                 return lnet_fail_nid(data->ioc_nid, data->ioc_count);
-                
+
         case IOC_LIBCFS_ADD_ROUTE:
-                rc = lnet_add_route(data->ioc_net, data->ioc_count, 
+                rc = lnet_add_route(data->ioc_net, data->ioc_count,
                                     data->ioc_nid);
                 return (rc != 0) ? rc : lnet_check_routes();
-                
+
         case IOC_LIBCFS_DEL_ROUTE:
                 return lnet_del_route(data->ioc_net, data->ioc_nid);
 
         case IOC_LIBCFS_GET_ROUTE:
-                return lnet_get_route(data->ioc_count, 
-                                      &data->ioc_net, &data->ioc_count, 
+                return lnet_get_route(data->ioc_count,
+                                      &data->ioc_net, &data->ioc_count,
                                       &data->ioc_nid, &data->ioc_flags);
         case IOC_LIBCFS_NOTIFY_ROUTER:
-                return lnet_notify(NULL, data->ioc_nid, data->ioc_flags, 
-                                   (time_t)data->ioc_u64[0]);
+                return lnet_notify(NULL, data->ioc_nid, data->ioc_flags,
+                                   cfs_time_current() -
+                                   cfs_time_seconds(cfs_time_current_sec() -
+                                                    (time_t)data->ioc_u64[0]));
 
         case IOC_LIBCFS_PORTALS_COMPATIBILITY:
-                return the_lnet.ln_ptlcompat;
+                /* This can be removed once lustre stops calling it */
+                return 0;
 
         case IOC_LIBCFS_LNET_DIST:
                 rc = LNetDist(data->ioc_nid, &data->ioc_nid, &data->ioc_u32[1]);
                 if (rc < 0 && rc != -EHOSTUNREACH)
                         return rc;
-                
+
                 data->ioc_u32[0] = rc;
                 return 0;
 
@@ -1354,9 +1426,9 @@ LNetCtl(unsigned int cmd, void *arg)
                 return 0;
 
         case IOC_LIBCFS_PING:
-                rc = lnet_ping((lnet_process_id_t) {.nid = data->ioc_nid,
-                                                    .pid = data->ioc_u32[0]},
-                               data->ioc_u32[1], /* timeout */
+                id.nid = data->ioc_nid;
+                id.pid = data->ioc_u32[0];
+                rc = lnet_ping(id, data->ioc_u32[1], /* timeout */
                                (lnet_process_id_t *)data->ioc_pbuf1,
                                data->ioc_plen1/sizeof(lnet_process_id_t));
                 if (rc < 0)
@@ -1367,26 +1439,26 @@ LNetCtl(unsigned int cmd, void *arg)
         case IOC_LIBCFS_DEBUG_PEER: {
                 /* CAVEAT EMPTOR: this one designed for calling directly; not
                  * via an ioctl */
-                lnet_process_id_t *id = arg;
+                id = *((lnet_process_id_t *) arg);
 
-                lnet_debug_peer(id->nid);
+                lnet_debug_peer(id.nid);
 
-                ni = lnet_net2ni(LNET_NIDNET(id->nid));
+                ni = lnet_net2ni(LNET_NIDNET(id.nid));
                 if (ni == NULL) {
-                        CDEBUG(D_WARNING, "No NI for %s\n", libcfs_id2str(*id));
+                        CDEBUG(D_WARNING, "No NI for %s\n", libcfs_id2str(id));
                 } else {
                         if (ni->ni_lnd->lnd_ctl == NULL) {
                                 CDEBUG(D_WARNING, "No ctl for %s\n",
-                                       libcfs_id2str(*id));
+                                       libcfs_id2str(id));
                         } else {
                                 (void)ni->ni_lnd->lnd_ctl(ni, cmd, arg);
                         }
-                        
+
                         lnet_ni_decref(ni);
                 }
                 return 0;
         }
-                
+
         default:
                 ni = lnet_net2ni(data->ioc_net);
                 if (ni == NULL)
@@ -1403,11 +1475,22 @@ LNetCtl(unsigned int cmd, void *arg)
         /* not reached */
 }
 
+/**
+ * Retrieve the lnet_process_id_t ID of LNet interface at \a index. Note that
+ * all interfaces share a same PID, as requested by LNetNIInit().
+ *
+ * \param index Index of the interface to look up.
+ * \param id On successful return, this location will hold the
+ * lnet_process_id_t ID of the interface.
+ *
+ * \retval 0 If an interface exists at \a index.
+ * \retval -ENOENT If no interface has been found.
+ */
 int
 LNetGetId(unsigned int index, lnet_process_id_t *id)
 {
         lnet_ni_t        *ni;
-        struct list_head *tmp;
+        cfs_list_t       *tmp;
         int               rc = -ENOENT;
 
         LASSERT (the_lnet.ln_init);
@@ -1415,11 +1498,11 @@ LNetGetId(unsigned int index, lnet_process_id_t *id)
 
         LNET_LOCK();
 
-        list_for_each(tmp, &the_lnet.ln_nis) {
+        cfs_list_for_each(tmp, &the_lnet.ln_nis) {
                 if (index-- != 0)
                         continue;
-                
-                ni = list_entry(tmp, lnet_ni_t, ni_list);
+
+                ni = cfs_list_entry(tmp, lnet_ni_t, ni_list);
 
                 id->nid = ni->ni_nid;
                 id->pid = the_lnet.ln_pid;
@@ -1432,24 +1515,27 @@ LNetGetId(unsigned int index, lnet_process_id_t *id)
         return rc;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Print a string representation of handle \a h into buffer \a str of
+ * \a len bytes.
+ */
 void
 LNetSnprintHandle(char *str, int len, lnet_handle_any_t h)
 {
         snprintf(str, len, LPX64, h.cookie);
 }
 
-
-int
-lnet_ping_target_init(void)
+static int
+lnet_create_ping_info(void)
 {
-        lnet_handle_me_t  meh;
-        lnet_process_id_t id;
-        int               rc;
-        int               rc2;
-        int               n;
-        int               infosz;
         int               i;
-        
+        int               n;
+        int               rc;
+        unsigned int      infosz;
+        lnet_ni_t        *ni;
+        lnet_process_id_t id;
+        lnet_ping_info_t *pinfo;
+
         for (n = 0; ; n++) {
                 rc = LNetGetId(n, &id);
                 if (rc == -ENOENT)
@@ -1458,24 +1544,76 @@ lnet_ping_target_init(void)
                 LASSERT (rc == 0);
         }
 
-        infosz = offsetof(lnet_ping_info_t, pi_nid[n]);
-        LIBCFS_ALLOC(the_lnet.ln_ping_info, infosz);
-        if (the_lnet.ln_ping_info == NULL) {
+        infosz = offsetof(lnet_ping_info_t, pi_ni[n]);
+        LIBCFS_ALLOC(pinfo, infosz);
+        if (pinfo == NULL) {
                 CERROR("Can't allocate ping info[%d]\n", n);
                 return -ENOMEM;
         }
 
-        the_lnet.ln_ping_info->pi_magic   = LNET_PROTO_PING_MAGIC;
-        the_lnet.ln_ping_info->pi_version = LNET_PROTO_PING_VERSION;
-        the_lnet.ln_ping_info->pi_pid     = the_lnet.ln_pid;
-        the_lnet.ln_ping_info->pi_nnids   = n;
+        pinfo->pi_nnis    = n;
+        pinfo->pi_pid     = the_lnet.ln_pid;
+        pinfo->pi_magic   = LNET_PROTO_PING_MAGIC;
+        pinfo->pi_version = LNET_PROTO_PING_VERSION;
 
         for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+                lnet_ni_status_t *ns = &pinfo->pi_ni[i];
+
                 rc = LNetGetId(i, &id);
                 LASSERT (rc == 0);
-                the_lnet.ln_ping_info->pi_nid[i] = id.nid;
+
+                ns->ns_nid    = id.nid;
+                ns->ns_status = LNET_NI_STATUS_UP;
+
+                LNET_LOCK();
+
+                ni = lnet_nid2ni_locked(id.nid);
+                LASSERT (ni != NULL);
+                LASSERT (ni->ni_status == NULL);
+                ni->ni_status = ns;
+                lnet_ni_decref_locked(ni);
+
+                LNET_UNLOCK();
+        }
+
+        the_lnet.ln_ping_info = pinfo;
+        return 0;
+}
+
+static void
+lnet_destroy_ping_info(void)
+{
+        lnet_ni_t *ni;
+
+        LNET_LOCK();
+
+        cfs_list_for_each_entry (ni, &the_lnet.ln_nis, ni_list) {
+                ni->ni_status = NULL;
         }
-        
+
+        LNET_UNLOCK();
+
+        LIBCFS_FREE(the_lnet.ln_ping_info,
+                    offsetof(lnet_ping_info_t,
+                             pi_ni[the_lnet.ln_ping_info->pi_nnis]));
+        the_lnet.ln_ping_info = NULL;
+        return;
+}
+
+int
+lnet_ping_target_init(void)
+{
+        lnet_md_t         md = {0};
+        lnet_handle_me_t  meh;
+        lnet_process_id_t id;
+        int               rc;
+        int               rc2;
+        int               infosz;
+
+        rc = lnet_create_ping_info();
+        if (rc != 0)
+                return rc;
+
         /* We can have a tiny EQ since we only need to see the unlink event on
          * teardown, which by definition is the last one! */
         rc = LNetEQAlloc(2, LNET_EQ_HANDLER_NONE, &the_lnet.ln_ping_target_eq);
@@ -1484,10 +1622,12 @@ lnet_ping_target_init(void)
                 goto failed_0;
         }
 
-        rc = LNetMEAttach(LNET_RESERVED_PORTAL,
-                          (lnet_process_id_t){.nid = LNET_NID_ANY,
-                                              .pid = LNET_PID_ANY},
-                          LNET_PROTO_PING_MATCHBITS, 0LL,
+        memset(&id, 0, sizeof(lnet_process_id_t));
+        id.nid = LNET_NID_ANY;
+        id.pid = LNET_PID_ANY;
+
+        rc = LNetMEAttach(LNET_RESERVED_PORTAL, id,
+                          LNET_PROTO_PING_MATCHBITS, 0,
                           LNET_UNLINK, LNET_INS_AFTER,
                           &meh);
         if (rc != 0) {
@@ -1495,14 +1635,19 @@ lnet_ping_target_init(void)
                 goto failed_1;
         }
 
-        rc = LNetMDAttach(meh,
-                          (lnet_md_t){.start = the_lnet.ln_ping_info,
-                                      .length = infosz,
-                                      .threshold = LNET_MD_THRESH_INF,
-                                      .options = (LNET_MD_OP_GET |
-                                                  LNET_MD_TRUNCATE |
-                                                  LNET_MD_MANAGE_REMOTE),
-                                      .eq_handle = the_lnet.ln_ping_target_eq},
+        /* initialize md content */
+        infosz = offsetof(lnet_ping_info_t,
+                          pi_ni[the_lnet.ln_ping_info->pi_nnis]);
+        md.start     = the_lnet.ln_ping_info;
+        md.length    = infosz;
+        md.threshold = LNET_MD_THRESH_INF;
+        md.max_size  = 0;
+        md.options   = LNET_MD_OP_GET | LNET_MD_TRUNCATE |
+                       LNET_MD_MANAGE_REMOTE;
+        md.user_ptr  = NULL;
+        md.eq_handle = the_lnet.ln_ping_target_eq;
+
+        rc = LNetMDAttach(meh, md,
                           LNET_RETAIN,
                           &the_lnet.ln_ping_target_md);
         if (rc != 0) {
@@ -1519,8 +1664,7 @@ lnet_ping_target_init(void)
         rc2 = LNetEQFree(the_lnet.ln_ping_target_eq);
         LASSERT (rc2 == 0);
  failed_0:
-        LIBCFS_FREE(the_lnet.ln_ping_info, infosz);
-
+        lnet_destroy_ping_info();
         return rc;
 }
 
@@ -1557,11 +1701,7 @@ lnet_ping_target_fini(void)
 
         rc = LNetEQFree(the_lnet.ln_ping_target_eq);
         LASSERT (rc == 0);
-
-        LIBCFS_FREE(the_lnet.ln_ping_info,
-                    offsetof(lnet_ping_info_t,
-                             pi_nid[the_lnet.ln_ping_info->pi_nnids]));
-
+        lnet_destroy_ping_info();
         cfs_restore_sigs(blocked);
 }
 
@@ -1571,11 +1711,12 @@ lnet_ping (lnet_process_id_t id, int timeout_ms, lnet_process_id_t *ids, int n_i
         lnet_handle_eq_t     eqh;
         lnet_handle_md_t     mdh;
         lnet_event_t         event;
+        lnet_md_t            md = {0};
         int                  which;
         int                  unlinked = 0;
         int                  replied = 0;
         const int            a_long_time = 60000; /* mS */
-        int                  infosz = offsetof(lnet_ping_info_t, pi_nid[n_ids]);
+        int                  infosz = offsetof(lnet_ping_info_t, pi_ni[n_ids]);
         lnet_ping_info_t    *info;
         lnet_process_id_t    tmpid;
         int                  i;
@@ -1604,13 +1745,16 @@ lnet_ping (lnet_process_id_t id, int timeout_ms, lnet_process_id_t *ids, int n_i
                 goto out_0;
         }
 
-        rc = LNetMDBind((lnet_md_t){.start = info,
-                                    .length = infosz,
-                                    .threshold = 2, /* GET/REPLY */
-                                    .options = LNET_MD_TRUNCATE,
-                                    .eq_handle = eqh},
-                        LNET_UNLINK,
-                        &mdh);
+        /* initialize md content */
+        md.start     = info;
+        md.length    = infosz;
+        md.threshold = 2; /*GET/REPLY*/
+        md.max_size  = 0;
+        md.options   = LNET_MD_TRUNCATE;
+        md.user_ptr  = NULL;
+        md.eq_handle = eqh;
+
+        rc = LNetMDBind(md, LNET_UNLINK, &mdh);
         if (rc != 0) {
                 CERROR("Can't bind MD: %d\n", rc);
                 goto out_1;
@@ -1666,7 +1810,6 @@ lnet_ping (lnet_process_id_t id, int timeout_ms, lnet_process_id_t *ids, int n_i
                                 CWARN("ping %s: late network completion\n",
                                       libcfs_id2str(id));
                         }
-
                 } else if (event.type == LNET_EVENT_REPLY) {
                         replied = 1;
                         rc = event.mlength;
@@ -1695,14 +1838,7 @@ lnet_ping (lnet_process_id_t id, int timeout_ms, lnet_process_id_t *ids, int n_i
         }
 
         if (info->pi_magic == __swab32(LNET_PROTO_PING_MAGIC)) {
-                /* NB I might be swabbing garbage until I check below, but it
-                 * doesn't matter */
-                __swab32s(&info->pi_version);
-                __swab32s(&info->pi_pid);
-                __swab32s(&info->pi_nnids);
-                for (i = 0; i < info->pi_nnids && i < n_ids; i++)
-                        __swab64s(&info->pi_nid[i]);
-
+                lnet_swap_pinginfo(info);
         } else if (info->pi_magic != LNET_PROTO_PING_MAGIC) {
                 CERROR("%s: Unexpected magic %08x\n", 
                        libcfs_id2str(id), info->pi_magic);
@@ -1715,18 +1851,18 @@ lnet_ping (lnet_process_id_t id, int timeout_ms, lnet_process_id_t *ids, int n_i
                 goto out_1;
         }
 
-        if (nob < offsetof(lnet_ping_info_t, pi_nid[0])) {
-                CERROR("%s: Short reply %d(%d min)\n", libcfs_id2str(id), 
-                       nob, (int)offsetof(lnet_ping_info_t, pi_nid[0]));
+        if (nob < offsetof(lnet_ping_info_t, pi_ni[0])) {
+                CERROR("%s: Short reply %d(%d min)\n", libcfs_id2str(id),
+                       nob, (int)offsetof(lnet_ping_info_t, pi_ni[0]));
                 goto out_1;
         }
 
-        if (info->pi_nnids < n_ids)
-                n_ids = info->pi_nnids;
+        if (info->pi_nnis < n_ids)
+                n_ids = info->pi_nnis;
 
-        if (nob < offsetof(lnet_ping_info_t, pi_nid[n_ids])) {
-                CERROR("%s: Short reply %d(%d expected)\n", libcfs_id2str(id), 
-                       nob, (int)offsetof(lnet_ping_info_t, pi_nid[n_ids]));
+        if (nob < offsetof(lnet_ping_info_t, pi_ni[n_ids])) {
+                CERROR("%s: Short reply %d(%d expected)\n", libcfs_id2str(id),
+                       nob, (int)offsetof(lnet_ping_info_t, pi_ni[n_ids]));
                 goto out_1;
         }
 
@@ -1734,15 +1870,15 @@ lnet_ping (lnet_process_id_t id, int timeout_ms, lnet_process_id_t *ids, int n_i
 
         for (i = 0; i < n_ids; i++) {
                 tmpid.pid = info->pi_pid;
-                tmpid.nid = info->pi_nid[i];
+                tmpid.nid = info->pi_ni[i].ns_nid;
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
-                if (copy_to_user(&ids[i], &tmpid, sizeof(tmpid)))
+                if (cfs_copy_to_user(&ids[i], &tmpid, sizeof(tmpid)))
                         goto out_1;
 #else
                 ids[i] = tmpid;
 #endif
         }
-        rc = info->pi_nnids;
+        rc = info->pi_nnis;
 
  out_1:
         rc2 = LNetEQFree(eqh);