RE: [PATCH for-rc] RDMA/qedr: Fix Null pointer dereference when running over iWARP without RDMA-CM

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> From: Jason Gunthorpe [mailto:jgg@xxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2018 7:36 PM
> To: Parav Pandit <parav@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Kalderon, Michal <Michal.Kalderon@xxxxxxxxxx>;
> dledford@xxxxxxxxxx; linux-rdma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Bason, Yuval
> <Yuval.Bason@xxxxxxxxxx>; Elior, Ariel <Ariel.Elior@xxxxxxxxxx>; Steve
> Wise <swise@xxxxxxxxxxx>; Faisal Latif <faisal.latif@xxxxxxxxx>; Shiraz
> Saleem <shiraz.saleem@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH for-rc] RDMA/qedr: Fix Null pointer dereference when
> running over iWARP without RDMA-CM
> 
> On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 04:13:23PM +0000, Parav Pandit wrote:
> > Hi Michal,
> >
> > > From: linux-rdma-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-rdma-
> > > owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michal Kalderon
> > > Sent: Monday, June 11, 2018 2:20 AM
> > > To: michal.kalderon@xxxxxxxxxx; Jason Gunthorpe
> <jgg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>;
> > > dledford@xxxxxxxxxx
> > > Cc: linux-rdma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; yuval.bason@xxxxxxxxxx; Michal
> > > Kalderon <Michal.Kalderon@xxxxxxxxxx>; Ariel Elior
> > > <Ariel.Elior@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Subject: [PATCH for-rc] RDMA/qedr: Fix Null pointer dereference when
> > > running over iWARP without RDMA-CM
> > >
> > > Some RoCE specific code in qedr_modify_qp was run over an iWARP
> > > device when running perftest benchmarks without the -R option.
> > >
> > > The commit 3e44e0ee0893 ("IB/providers: Avoid null netdev check for
> > > RoCE") exposed this. Dropping the check for NULL pointer on ndev in
> > > qedr_modify_qp lead to a null pointer dereference when running over
> > > iWARP. Before the code would identify ndev as being NULL and return an
> error.
> > Previously get_gid_info_from_table() with valid gid index would return
> success and was doing things conditionally if ndev was set.
> >
> > >
> > > Fixes: 3e44e0ee0893 ("IB/providers: Avoid null netdev check for
> > > RoCE")
> > > Signed-off-by: Ariel Elior <Ariel.Elior@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Signed-off-by: Michal Kalderon <Michal.Kalderon@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > drivers/infiniband/hw/qedr/verbs.c | 3 +++
> > >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qedr/verbs.c
> > > b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qedr/verbs.c
> > > index 3f9afc0..f86223a 100644
> > > +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qedr/verbs.c
> > > @@ -1957,6 +1957,9 @@ int qedr_modify_qp(struct ib_qp *ibqp, struct
> > > ib_qp_attr *attr,
> > >  	}
> > >
> > >  	if (attr_mask & (IB_QP_AV | IB_QP_PATH_MTU)) {
> > > +		if (rdma_protocol_iwarp(&dev->ibdev, 1))
> > > +			return -EINVAL;
> > > +
> > RB: parav@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > A check like rdma_protocol_roce() similar to what you have already for
> stack check makes it more clear that this is for roce.
> > That likely preserves old behavior, I think.
> >
> > -       if (attr_mask & (IB_QP_AV | IB_QP_PATH_MTU)) {
> > +       if (attr_mask & (IB_QP_AV | IB_QP_PATH_MTU) &&
> > +           rdma_protocol_roce(&dev->ibdev, 1)) {
> >
> > Many checks in this function are for RoCE such as IB_QP_RETRY_CNT,
> > IB_QP_RNR_RETRY, IB_QP_RQ_PSN, IB_QP_MIN_RNR_TIMER,
> IB_QP_SQ_PSN, IB_QP_QKEY, IB_QP_PKEY_INDEX.
> >
> > So for for-next, (not for-rc),
> > 1. You should refactor the function to split code for roce and iwarp so that
> right checks and settings are done for right transport.
> > It makes code more clear.
> >
> > 2. I would expect that ib_modify_qp_is_ok() should be extended for iWarp
> as well, so that when IB_QP_AV | IB_QP_PATH_MTU is set, provider driver
> doesn't have to do this check to return failure error code.
> >
> > 3. ib_modify_qp_is_ok() already has input parameter to pass link_layer. It
> should be extended, to honor do right state specific mask checks for right link
> layer.
> 
> This comment will make more sense when Parav's next series is posted..
> 
> But I think the iWarp team needs to get their heads together and figure out
> how to create a struct ib_gid_attr for iWarp that includes the proper netdev.
> 
> I seriously doubt iWarp will work fully properly re namespaces and other
> difficult races without this..
I agree, we need to revisit whether iWARP needs a gid_attr structure at all as it is not
based on gids and what the alternative would be. 

> 
> If enough iWarp folks are coming the plumbers conference in November it
> would make a good RDMA mini-conf topic.
> 
> Jason
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