netdev - Re: [PATCH] tls: add zerocopy device sendpage

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Date:   Tue, 14 Jul 2020 09:23:39 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Boris Pismenny <borisp@...lanox.com>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, john.fastabend@...il.com,
        daniel@...earbox.net, tariqt@...lanox.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tls: add zerocopy device sendpage

On Tue, 14 Jul 2020 10:31:25 +0300 Boris Pismenny wrote:
> Now we have an ASIC that uses this API, and I'd like to show the best
> possible outcome, and not the best possible given an arbitrary
> limitation that avoids an error where the user does something
> erroneous.

I would not call correctness an arbitrary limitation.

AFAIU page cache is shared, one application thinking that files it
opens can't be modified is no guarantee that the pages themselves 
will remain unchanged.

Isn't support for read-only page cache entries also a problem for 
RDMA when it comes to fs checksums? Sounds like a problem area that
needs real solutions.