Merge branch 'k.o/for-4.6-rc' into testing/4.6

2 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/mlx5/device.h b/include/linux/mlx5/device.h
index 8156e3c9239c..b3575f392492 100644
--- a/include/linux/mlx5/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/mlx5/device.h
@@ -392,6 +392,17 @@ enum {
 	MLX5_CAP_OFF_CMDIF_CSUM		= 46,
 };
 
+enum {
+	/*
+	 * Max wqe size for rdma read is 512 bytes, so this
+	 * limits our max_sge_rd as the wqe needs to fit:
+	 * - ctrl segment (16 bytes)
+	 * - rdma segment (16 bytes)
+	 * - scatter elements (16 bytes each)
+	 */
+	MLX5_MAX_SGE_RD	= (512 - 16 - 16) / 16
+};
+
 struct mlx5_inbox_hdr {
 	__be16		opcode;
 	u8		rsvd[4];
diff --git a/include/rdma/ib.h b/include/rdma/ib.h
index cf8f9e700e48..a6b93706b0fc 100644
--- a/include/rdma/ib.h
+++ b/include/rdma/ib.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #define _RDMA_IB_H
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
 
 struct ib_addr {
 	union {
@@ -86,4 +87,19 @@ struct sockaddr_ib {
 	__u64			sib_scope_id;
 };
 
+/*
+ * The IB interfaces that use write() as bi-directional ioctl() are
+ * fundamentally unsafe, since there are lots of ways to trigger "write()"
+ * calls from various contexts with elevated privileges. That includes the
+ * traditional suid executable error message writes, but also various kernel
+ * interfaces that can write to file descriptors.
+ *
+ * This function provides protection for the legacy API by restricting the
+ * calling context.
+ */
+static inline bool ib_safe_file_access(struct file *filp)
+{
+	return filp->f_cred == current_cred() && segment_eq(get_fs(), USER_DS);
+}
+
 #endif /* _RDMA_IB_H */