Re: [PATCH] net/smc: mark as BROKEN due to remote memory exposure

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From: Doug Ledford <dledford@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 16 May 2017 14:03:22 -0400

> On Tue, 2017-05-16 at 13:36 -0400, David Miller wrote:
>> From: Doug Ledford <dledford@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Tue, 16 May 2017 13:20:44 -0400
>> 
>> > Anyway, we're just talking out what happened, when what we really
>> need
>> > to focus on is moving forward.  Again, your thoughts on marking SMC
>> > EXPERIMENTAL until it's fixed up and unfreezing the API in case we
>> need
>> > to adjust it to work on different link layers?
>> 
>> Something like:
>> 
>>         http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/762803/
>> 
>> with the addition of the EXPERIMENTAL dependency?
>> 
>> Sure.
> 
> Perfect.  I assume you'll submit it since it's in your patchworks?

Ok I applied the patch referenced above, but we don't actually have
an EXPERIMENTAL symbol.  The closest thing we have is BROKEN and
even in this situation that's a bit harsh.

I also applied the patch which converts SMC over to using
IB_PD_UNSAFE_GLOBAL_RKEY.



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