for SMC-R v2.1 and later.
 
        Default: 2
+
+smcr_max_conns_per_lgr - INTEGER
+       Controls the max number of connections can be added to a SMC-R link group. The
+       acceptable value ranges from 16 to 255. Only for SMC-R v2.1 and later.
+
+       Default: 255
 
        }
        if (smcr_indicated(ini->smc_type_v2)) {
                memcpy(v2_ext->roce, ini->smcrv2.ib_gid_v2, SMC_GID_SIZE);
-               v2_ext->max_conns = SMC_CONN_PER_LGR_PREFER;
+               v2_ext->max_conns = net->smc.sysctl_max_conns_per_lgr;
                v2_ext->max_links = net->smc.sysctl_max_links_per_lgr;
        }
 
                return SMC_CLC_DECL_NOV2EXT;
 
        if (ini->smcr_version & SMC_V2) {
-               ini->max_conns = min_t(u8, pclc_v2_ext->max_conns, SMC_CONN_PER_LGR_PREFER);
+               ini->max_conns = min_t(u8, pclc_v2_ext->max_conns,
+                                      net->smc.sysctl_max_conns_per_lgr);
                if (ini->max_conns < SMC_CONN_PER_LGR_MIN)
                        return SMC_CLC_DECL_MAXCONNERR;
 
 
 static const int net_smc_rmem_init = (64 * 1024);
 static int links_per_lgr_min = SMC_LINKS_ADD_LNK_MIN;
 static int links_per_lgr_max = SMC_LINKS_ADD_LNK_MAX;
+static int conns_per_lgr_min = SMC_CONN_PER_LGR_MIN;
+static int conns_per_lgr_max = SMC_CONN_PER_LGR_MAX;
 
 static struct ctl_table smc_table[] = {
        {
                .extra1         = &links_per_lgr_min,
                .extra2         = &links_per_lgr_max,
        },
+       {
+               .procname       = "smcr_max_conns_per_lgr",
+               .data           = &init_net.smc.sysctl_max_conns_per_lgr,
+               .maxlen         = sizeof(int),
+               .mode           = 0644,
+               .proc_handler   = proc_dointvec_minmax,
+               .extra1         = &conns_per_lgr_min,
+               .extra2         = &conns_per_lgr_max,
+       },
        {  }
 };
 
        WRITE_ONCE(net->smc.sysctl_wmem, net_smc_wmem_init);
        WRITE_ONCE(net->smc.sysctl_rmem, net_smc_rmem_init);
        net->smc.sysctl_max_links_per_lgr = SMC_LINKS_PER_LGR_MAX_PREFER;
+       net->smc.sysctl_max_conns_per_lgr = SMC_CONN_PER_LGR_PREFER;
 
        return 0;
 
 
 {
        net->smc.sysctl_autocorking_size = SMC_AUTOCORKING_DEFAULT_SIZE;
        net->smc.sysctl_max_links_per_lgr = SMC_LINKS_PER_LGR_MAX_PREFER;
+       net->smc.sysctl_max_conns_per_lgr = SMC_CONN_PER_LGR_PREFER;
        return 0;
 }