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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To: Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>, Keith Busch <kbusch@meta.com>,
	linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 2/2] nvme-pci: use sgls for all user requests if possible
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 17:42:45 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20241114164245.GA4132@lst.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ZzYdDSNpH99YHJvb@kbusch-mbp>

On Thu, Nov 14, 2024 at 08:53:49AM -0700, Keith Busch wrote:
> Only admin users can access this path by default. You have to opt-in for
> it, so it's not exploitable unless you ask for it.

We do allow non-privileged users to send I/O commands and a small
whitelist of admin commands by default, limited by the CSE effects.

> I can't see disabling
> the interface entirely. In a previous version of this patch, I had the
> kernel tainted if you tried to do passthrough without SGL support. Would
> that be a fair compromise if I reintroduce that behavior?

Taint might be a bit too strong, but a one-time message in the log might
be useful.


  reply	other threads:[~2024-11-14 16:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-11-12 21:06 [PATCHv2 0/2] Using SGLs for userspace commands Keith Busch
2024-11-12 21:06 ` [PATCHv2 1/2] nvme-pci: add support for sgl metadata Keith Busch
2024-11-13  4:58   ` Christoph Hellwig
2024-11-13 15:48     ` Keith Busch
2024-11-12 21:06 ` [PATCHv2 2/2] nvme-pci: use sgls for all user requests if possible Keith Busch
2024-11-13  4:58   ` Christoph Hellwig
2024-11-13 15:48     ` Keith Busch
2024-11-14  5:56       ` Christoph Hellwig
2024-11-14 15:53         ` Keith Busch
2024-11-14 16:42           ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2024-11-14 17:29             ` Keith Busch
2024-11-13  4:50 ` [PATCHv2 0/2] Using SGLs for userspace commands Christoph Hellwig
2024-11-13 15:50   ` Keith Busch

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