linux-kernel - RE: New NTB API Issue

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Fri, 23 Jun 2017 18:01:50 -0400
From:   "Allen Hubbe" <Allen.Hubbe@...l.com>
To:     "'Logan Gunthorpe'" <logang@...tatee.com>,
        "'Serge Semin'" <fancer.lancer@...il.com>
Cc:     "'Jon Mason'" <jdmason@...zu.us>, <linux-ntb@...glegroups.com>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "'Dave Jiang'" <dave.jiang@...el.com>,
        "'Kurt Schwemmer'" <kurt.schwemmer@...rosemi.com>,
        "'Stephen Bates'" <sbates@...thlin.com>,
        "'Greg Kroah-Hartman'" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: RE: New NTB API Issue

From: Logan Gunthorpe
> Hey,
> 
> Thanks Serge for the detailed explanation. This is pretty much exactly
> as I had thought it should be interpreted. My only problem remains that
> my hardware can't provide ntb_mw_get_align until the port it is asking
> about has configured itself. The easiest way to solve this is to only
> allow access when the link to that port is up. It's not a complicated
> change and would actually simplify ntb_transport and ntb_perf a little.
> 
> Is this ok with you Allen? If it is, I can include a patch in my next
> switchtec submission.

Ok.

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Logan