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Commit 2dc3a69d authored by Chuck Lever's avatar Chuck Lever Committed by Anna Schumaker
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xprtrdma: Remove ALLPHYSICAL memory registration mode



No HCA or RNIC in the kernel tree requires the use of ALLPHYSICAL.

ALLPHYSICAL advertises in the clear on the network fabric an R_key
that is good for all of the client's memory. No known exploit
exists, but theoretically any user on the server can use that R_key
on the client's QP to read or update any part of the client's memory.

ALLPHYSICAL exposes the client to server bugs, including:
 o base/bounds errors causing data outside the i/o buffer to be
   accessed
 o RDMA access after reply causing data corruption and/or integrity
   fail

ALLPHYSICAL can't protect application memory regions from server
update after a local signal or soft timeout has terminated an RPC.

ALLPHYSICAL chunks are no larger than a page. Special cases to
handle small chunks and long chunk lists have been a source of
implementation complexity and bugs.

Signed-off-by: default avatarChuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
Tested-by: default avatarSteve Wise <swise@opengridcomputing.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAnna Schumaker <Anna.Schumaker@Netapp.com>
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