netdev - Re: [PATCH] net/smc: mark as BROKEN due to remote memory exposure

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Message-Id: <20170514.204404.1844909849561204299.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Sun, 14 May 2017 20:44:04 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     Bart.VanAssche@...disk.com
Cc:     hch@....de, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, ubraun@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/smc: mark as BROKEN due to remote memory exposure

From: Bart Van Assche <Bart.VanAssche@...disk.com>
Date: Sun, 14 May 2017 19:08:50 +0000

> What is your plan to avoid that applications start using and
> depending on AF_SMC?

The API is out there already so we are out of luck, and neither
you nor I nor anyone else can "stop" this from happening.