net/mlx4_core: Limit count field to 24 bits in qp_alloc_res
authorJack Morgenstein <jackm@dev.mellanox.co.il>
Tue, 25 Nov 2014 09:54:31 +0000 (11:54 +0200)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Wed, 26 Nov 2014 17:04:49 +0000 (12:04 -0500)
commit2d5c57d7fbfaa642fb7f0673df24f32b83d9066c
tree08713831252c7124d1df3e1a7600752dc6398775
parentfbe4d0d613416e4d789820bea327c2b458605b98
net/mlx4_core: Limit count field to 24 bits in qp_alloc_res

Some VF drivers use the upper byte of "param1" (the qp count field)
in mlx4_qp_reserve_range() to pass flags which are used to optimize
the range allocation.

Under the current code, if any of these flags are set, the 32-bit
count field yields a count greater than 2^24, which is out of range,
and this VF fails.

As these flags represent a "best-effort" allocation hint anyway, they may
safely be ignored. Therefore, the PF driver may simply mask out the bits.

Fixes: c82e9aa0a8 "mlx4_core: resource tracking for HCA resources used by guests"
Signed-off-by: Jack Morgenstein <jackm@dev.mellanox.co.il>
Signed-off-by: Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/resource_tracker.c