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In order to be able to expose pointers to the ib_gid_attrs in the GID table we need to make it so the value of the pointer cannot be changed. Thus each GID table entry gets a unique piece of kref'd memory that is written only during initialization and remains constant for its lifetime. This eventually will allow the struct ib_gid_attrs to be returned without copy from many of query the APIs, but it also provides a way to track when all users of a HW table index go away. For roce we no longer allow an in-use HW table index to be re-used for a new an different entry. When a GID table entry needs to be removed it is hidden from the find API, but remains as a valid HW index and all ib_gid_attr points remain valid. The HW index is not relased until all users put the kref. Later patches will broadly replace the use of the sgid_index integer with the kref'd structure. Ultimately this will prevent security problems where the OS changes the properties of a HW GID table entry while an active user object is still using the entry. Signed-off-by: Parav Pandit <parav@mellanox.com> Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@mellanox.com> Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@mellanox.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.