linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH rdma-rc v1] RDMA/core: Sanitize WQ state received from the userspace

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Date:   Tue, 18 May 2021 22:07:38 +0000
From:   "Saleem, Shiraz" <shiraz.saleem@...el.com>
To:     Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>,
        Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
CC:     Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com>,
        Jiapeng Chong <jiapeng.chong@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
        Yishai Hadas <yishaih@...dia.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH rdma-rc v1] RDMA/core: Sanitize WQ state received from the
 userspace

> Subject: [PATCH rdma-rc v1] RDMA/core: Sanitize WQ state received from the
> userspace
> 
> From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com>
> 
> The mlx4 and mlx5 implemented differently the WQ input checks.
> Instead of duplicating mlx4 logic in the mlx5, let's prepare the input in the central
> place.

Maybe some more verbiage about what the bug was in mlx5 that prompted this patch would
be good since this an -rc fix.

Shiraz