On Tue, Dec 04, 2018 at 02:45:56PM -0500, Doug Ledford wrote:
> On Tue, 2018-12-04 at 12:15 -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 12:02 PM Doug Ledford <dledford@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2018-11-26 at 08:28 +0200, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > > > From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >
> > > > From Yishai,
> > > > -----------------------------------
> > > > This series enriches DEVX support in few aspects: it enables interoperability
> > > > between DEVX and verbs and improves mechanism for controlling privileged DEVX
> > > > commands.
> > > >
> > > > The first patch updates mlx5 ifc file.
> > > >
> > > > Next 3 patches enable modifying and querying verbs objects via the DEVX
> > > > interface.
> > > >
> > > > To achieve that the core layer introduced the 'UVERBS_IDR_ANY_OBJECT' type
> > > > to match any IDR object. Once it's used by some driver's method, the
> > > > infrastructure skips checking for the IDR type and it becomes the driver
> > > > handler responsibility.
> > > >
> > > > The DEVX methods of modify and query were changed to get any object type via
> > > > the 'UVERBS_IDR_ANY_OBJECT' mechanism. The type checking is done per object as
> > > > part of the driver code.
> > > >
> > > > The next 3 patches introduce more robust mechanism for controlling privileged
> > > > DEVX commands. The responsibility to block/allow per command was moved to be
> > > > done in the firmware based on the UID credentials that the driver reports upon
> > > > user context creation. This enables more granularity per command based on the
> > > > device security model and the user credentials.
> > > >
> > > > In addition, by introducing a valid range for 'general commands' we prevent the
> > > > need to touch the driver's code any time that a new future command will be
> > > > added.
> > > >
> > > > The last patch fixes the XRC verbs flow once a DEVX context is used. This is
> > > > needed as XRCD is some shared kernel resource and as such a kernel UID (=0)
> > > > should be used in its related resources.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > Yishai Hadas (7):
> > > > net/mlx5: Update mlx5_ifc with DEVX UCTX capabilities bits
> > > > IB/core: Introduce UVERBS_IDR_ANY_OBJECT
> > > > IB/core: Enable getting an object type from a given uobject
> > > > IB/mlx5: Enable modify and query verbs objects via DEVX
> > > > IB/mlx5: Enforce DEVX privilege by firmware
> > > > IB/mlx5: Update the supported DEVX commands
> > > > IB/mlx5: Allow XRC usage via verbs in DEVX context
> > > >
> > > > drivers/infiniband/core/rdma_core.c | 27 +++--
> > > > drivers/infiniband/core/rdma_core.h | 21 ++--
> > > > drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_uapi.c | 10 +-
> > > > drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/devx.c | 142 ++++++++++++++++++++++----
> > > > drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c | 4 +-
> > > > drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mlx5_ib.h | 6 +-
> > > > drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c | 12 +--
> > > > drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/srq.c | 2 +-
> > > > include/linux/mlx5/mlx5_ifc.h | 26 ++++-
> > > > include/rdma/uverbs_ioctl.h | 6 ++
> > > > include/rdma/uverbs_std_types.h | 12 +++
> > > > 11 files changed, 215 insertions(+), 53 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > 2.19.1
> > > >
> > >
> > > Hi Leon,
> > >
> > > I've put this into my wip/dl-for-next branch. Because it pulled in the
> > > mlx5-next tree (which was significant because the patch we wanted was at
> > > the tip and a whole slew of other patches were before it),
> >
> > Yes, this is how the shared branch works, DaveM merges it, we don't
> > have to unless we have a dependency, so it can accumulate a bit.
>
> I get how it works :-P. I was just commenting that it had in fact built
> up an accumulation.
>
> > > the changeset
> > > for this patch looks much bigger. And it had the merge conflict you
> > > mentioned. You might want to double check my work before it gets moved
> > > over to the official for-next branch.
> >
> > It is a bit easier to follow the git log if merges are done with the
> > --log option to summarize what was pulled in.
>
> I'll modify my merge alias to add it. As it stands, I'll repush this to
> my wip branch with the --log option added.
Thanks, I looked on the merge commit 33cb7e760de ("Merge 'mlx5-next'
into mlx5-devx") and it looks exactly as I have.
Thanks again.
>
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