Re: [PATCH v2 03/13] Attach/detach SoftiWarp to/from network and RDMA subsystem

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-----Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxx> wrote: -----

>To: Bernard Metzler <BMT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxx>
>Date: 01/04/2018 07:21PM
>Cc: Leon Romanovsky <leon@xxxxxxxxxx>, linux-rdma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 03/13] Attach/detach SoftiWarp to/from network
>and RDMA subsystem
>
>On Thu, Jan 04, 2018 at 03:05:52PM +0000, Bernard Metzler wrote:
>
>> What about potentially enabling it on all interfaces which are used
>> by TCP? iWarp is an ULP to TCP... Exceptions might be interfaces
>which
>> implement their own RDMA protocol - like iWARP adapters, or IPoIB
>> devices, or interfaces which already have a use from SoftRoCE.
>
>Since soft iwarp is likely to start out as a huge security risk, it
>should be opted into.
>
>Jason
>
>
Right, security will likely be one of the debates..!

Can't parse that above - are you suggesting only explicitly enabling softiwarp
on a per interface basis?

Thanks!
Bernard.

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