linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net] ice: Correctly deal with PFs that do not support RDMA

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:   Thu, 9 Sep 2021 14:48:33 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Dave Ertman <david.m.ertman@...el.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, yongxin.liu@...driver.com,
        shiraz.saleem@...el.com, anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        jesse.brandeburg@...el.com, intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ice: Correctly deal with PFs that do not support
 RDMA

On Thu,  9 Sep 2021 01:56:12 -0700 Dave Ertman wrote:
> There are two cases where the current PF does not support RDMA
> functionality.  The first is if the NVM loaded on the device is set
> to not support RDMA (common_caps.rdma is false).  The second is if
> the kernel bonding driver has included the current PF in an active
> link aggregate.
> 
> When the driver has determined that this PF does not support RDMA, then
> auxiliary devices should not be created on the auxiliary bus.  Without
> a device on the auxiliary bus, even if the irdma driver is present, there
> will be no RDMA activity attempted on this PF.
> 
> Currently, in the reset flow, an attempt to create auxiliary devices is
> performed without regard to the ability of the PF.  There needs to be a
> check in ice_aux_plug_dev (as the central point that creates auxiliary
> devices) to see if the PF is in a state to support the functionality.
> 
> When disabling and re-enabling RDMA due to the inclusion/removal of the PF
> in a link aggregate, we also need to set/clear the bit which controls
> auxiliary device creation so that a reset recovery in a link aggregate
> situation doesn't try to create auxiliary devices when it shouldn't.
> 
> Fixes: f9f5301e7e2d ("ice: Register auxiliary device to provide RDMA")
> Reported-by: Yongxin Liu <yongxin.liu@...driver.com>
> Signed-off-by: Dave Ertman <david.m.ertman@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>

Why CC lkml but not CC RDMA or Leon?