Re: Proposal for simplifying NFS/RDMA client memory registration

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On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 2:20 PM, Wendy Cheng <s.wendy.cheng@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> ni i...On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 1:41 PM, Tom Talpey <tom@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On 2/26/2014 8:44 AM, Chuck Lever wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi-
>>>
>>> Shirley Ma and I are reviving work on the NFS/RDMA client code base in
>>> the Linux kernel.  So far we've built and run functional tests to determine
>>> what is working and what is broken.
>>>
>>> [snip]
>
>
>>>
>>> ALLPHYSICAL - Usually fast, but not safe as it exposes client memory.
>>> All HCAs support this mode.
>>
>>
>> Not safe is an understatement. It exposes all of client physical
>> memory to the peer, for both read and write. A simple pointer error
>> on the server will silently corrupt the client. This mode was
>> intended only for testing, and in experimental deployments.

(sorry, resend .. previous reply bounced back due to gmail html format)

Please keep "ALLPHYSICAL" for now  - as our embedded system needs it.

Thanks,
Wendy
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