Re: [PATCH V2 10/17] xprtrdma: Add CONFIG setting that can disable ALLPHYSICAL

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On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 06:02:14PM -0400, Chuck Lever wrote:
> ALLPHYSICAL is not a safe memory registration mode because it
> permits NFS servers to write anywhere in a client's memory.  NFS
> server bugs could result in client memory being overwritten.
> 
> This can be useful for embedded systems which do not support more
> surgical RDMA memory registration and protection methods, or for
> bring-up of new HCA hardware.
> 
> However, enterprise Linux distributions have expressed a desire to
> disable it in production environments.

It's just as unsafe in embedded devices.  I think it should go
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