linux-kernel - [PATCH 2.6.25] RDMA/cxgb3: Fail loopback connections.

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Date:	Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:09:29 -0600
From:	Steve Wise <swise@...ngridcomputing.com>
To:	rdreier@...co.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	general@...ts.openfabrics.org
Subject: [PATCH 2.6.25] RDMA/cxgb3: Fail loopback connections.


RDMA/cxgb3: Fail loopback connections.

The cxgb3 HW and driver don't support loopback RDMA connections.  So fail
any connection attempt where the destination address is local.

Signed-off-by: Steve Wise <swise@...ngridcomputing.com>
---

 drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_cm.c |   16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_cm.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_cm.c
index e9a08fa..5d82723 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_cm.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_cm.c
@@ -1784,6 +1784,17 @@ err:
 	return err;
 }
 
+static void is_loopback_dst(struct iw_cm_id *cm_id)
+{
+	struct net_device *dev;
+	
+	dev = ip_dev_find(&init_net, cm_id->remote_addr.sin_addr.s_addr);
+	if (!dev)
+		return 0;
+	dev_put(dev);
+	return 1;
+}
+
 int iwch_connect(struct iw_cm_id *cm_id, struct iw_cm_conn_param *conn_param)
 {
 	int err = 0;
@@ -1791,6 +1802,11 @@ int iwch_connect(struct iw_cm_id *cm_id, struct iw_cm_conn_param *conn_param)
 	struct iwch_ep *ep;
 	struct rtable *rt;
 
+	if (is_loopback_dst(cm_id)) {
+		err = -ENOSYS;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	ep = alloc_ep(sizeof(*ep), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ep) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR MOD "%s - cannot alloc ep.\n", __FUNCTION__);
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