From: Yishai Hadas <yishaih@nvidia.com>
To: <jgg@ziepe.ca>, <leon@kernel.org>
Cc: <linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org>, <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
<saeedm@nvidia.com>, <tariqt@nvidia.com>, <mbloch@nvidia.com>,
<kuba@kernel.org>, <pabeni@redhat.com>, <edumazet@kernel.org>,
<davem@davemloft.net>, <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
<dtatulea@nvidia.com>, <moshe@nvidia.com>, <yishaih@nvidia.com>,
<maorg@nvidia.com>
Subject: [PATCH rdma-next 08/23] RDMA/core: Suppress kverbs_provider for adversarial_mode devices
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2026 18:39:34 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261103163949.1554-9-yishaih@nvidia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261103163949.1554-1-yishaih@nvidia.com>
In adversarial mode the NIC is not trusted. Kernel ULPs such as MAD,
IB CM, rdma_cm, IPoIB, SRP, iSER and NVMe-oF trust what the device
reports, its completions and the data it writes, so they must not use
such a device.
Add an adversarial_mode field to struct ib_device and clear
kverbs_provider when it is set. add_client_context() then skips every
client but uverbs, the only one that sets no_kverbs_req, so the kernel
ULPs never bind to the device.
The driver still implements the kverbs ops, as the uverbs path shares
them, so kverbs_provider can't be cleared by the existing check of the
mandatory ops.
Signed-off-by: Yishai Hadas <yishaih@nvidia.com>
---
drivers/infiniband/core/device.c | 8 ++++++++
include/rdma/ib_verbs.h | 2 ++
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c
index 29af9fe860e2..eb6aa567d365 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/device.c
@@ -312,6 +312,14 @@ static void ib_device_check_mandatory(struct ib_device *device)
break;
}
}
+
+ /*
+ * Kernel ULPs must not bind to an adversarial_mode device. Its kverbs
+ * ops are still present, as uverbs uses them, so clear kverbs_provider
+ * explicitly. uverbs sets no_kverbs_req, so it still binds.
+ */
+ if (device->adversarial_mode)
+ device->kverbs_provider = false;
}
/*
diff --git a/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h b/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
index d6eaa3fee66e..6209a5166f0d 100644
--- a/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
+++ b/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
@@ -3008,6 +3008,8 @@ struct ib_device {
u16 use_cq_dim:1;
/* CoCo guest with DMA bounce buffering required */
u16 cc_dma_bounce:1;
+ /* Untrusted-NIC, adversarial mode is required */
+ u8 adversarial_mode;
u8 node_type;
u32 phys_port_cnt;
struct ib_device_attr attrs;
--
2.18.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-03 16:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-03 16:39 [PATCH rdma-next 00/23] mlx5: Adversarial mode for confidential computing guests Yishai Hadas
2026-11-03 16:39 ` [PATCH rdma-next 01/23] net/mlx5: Add mlx5_trigger_health_work_force() Yishai Hadas
2026-11-03 16:39 ` [PATCH rdma-next 02/23] net/mlx5: Derive adversarial mode from CC guest memory encryption Yishai Hadas
2026-11-03 16:39 ` [PATCH rdma-next 03/23] net/mlx5: Add capability filtering in adversarial mode Yishai Hadas
2026-11-03 16:39 ` [PATCH rdma-next 04/23] net/mlx5: Add macros for reading log-based caps Yishai Hadas
2026-11-03 16:39 ` [PATCH rdma-next 05/23] RDMA/mlx5: Reject QP transport types not enabled by FW capability Yishai Hadas
2026-11-03 16:39 ` [PATCH rdma-next 06/23] RDMA/mlx5: Require IB_QPT_DRIVER for the DC vendor QP types Yishai Hadas
2026-11-03 16:39 ` [PATCH rdma-next 07/23] RDMA/mlx5: Derive mlx5_ib_adversarial_mode global from mlx5_core adversarial API Yishai Hadas
2026-11-03 16:39 ` Yishai Hadas [this message]
2026-11-03 19:03 ` [PATCH rdma-next 08/23] RDMA/core: Suppress kverbs_provider for adversarial_mode devices Jacob Moroni
2026-11-03 19:07 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2026-11-03 16:39 ` [PATCH rdma-next 09/23] RDMA/mlx5: Remove duplicate mlx5_ib_umr_context struct Yishai Hadas
2026-11-03 16:39 ` [PATCH rdma-next 10/23] RDMA/mlx5: Introduce per-CQ poll_one hook in mlx5_ib_cq Yishai Hadas
2026-11-03 16:39 ` [PATCH rdma-next 11/23] RDMA/mlx5: Add shadow FIFO infrastructure for UMR completions Yishai Hadas
2026-11-03 16:39 ` [PATCH rdma-next 12/23] RDMA/mlx5: Verify UMR CQ polling against a hostile NIC Yishai Hadas
2026-11-03 16:39 ` [PATCH rdma-next 13/23] RDMA/mlx5: Keep the UMR QP failed once a forged CQE is detected Yishai Hadas
2026-11-03 16:39 ` [PATCH rdma-next 14/23] RDMA/mlx5: Block generic CQ poll path in adversarial mode Yishai Hadas
2026-11-03 16:39 ` [PATCH rdma-next 15/23] RDMA/core: Set the CQ comp_handler after its poll context is set up Yishai Hadas
2026-11-03 16:39 ` [PATCH rdma-next 16/23] RDMA/mlx5: Ignore completion events for a CQ without a handler Yishai Hadas
2026-11-03 16:39 ` [PATCH rdma-next 17/23] RDMA/mlx5: Validate EQE port and GSI port before indexing devr.ports[] Yishai Hadas
2026-11-03 16:39 ` [PATCH rdma-next 18/23] RDMA/mlx5: Validate firmware RQ/SQ state before sqrq_trans[] lookup Yishai Hadas
2026-11-03 16:39 ` [PATCH rdma-next 19/23] RDMA/mlx5: Clamp log_max_cq_sz shift in CQ size checks Yishai Hadas
2026-11-03 16:39 ` [PATCH rdma-next 20/23] RDMA/mlx5: Clamp log_max_* shifts in QP and WQ limit checks Yishai Hadas
2026-11-03 16:39 ` [PATCH rdma-next 21/23] RDMA/mlx5: Clamp log_max_* shifts in query_device and ucontext paths Yishai Hadas
2026-11-03 16:39 ` [PATCH rdma-next 22/23] RDMA/core: Report and enforce adversarial mode via GET_CONTEXT Yishai Hadas
2026-11-03 16:39 ` [PATCH rdma-next 23/23] RDMA/mlx5: Advertise adversarial mode via ib_device::adversarial_mode Yishai Hadas
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