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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_uapi.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_uapi.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_uapi.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_uapi.c index 9ae08e4b78a3..7a987acf0c0b 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_uapi.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_uapi.c @@ -188,13 +188,18 @@ static int uapi_merge_obj_tree(struct uverbs_api *uapi, obj_elm->type_attrs = obj->type_attrs; obj_elm->type_class = obj->type_attrs->type_class; /* - * Today drivers are only permitted to use idr_class - * types. They cannot use FD types because we currently have - * no way to revoke the fops pointer after device - * disassociation. + * Today drivers are only permitted to use idr_class and + * fd_class types. We can revoke the IDR types during + * disassociation, and the FD types require the driver to use + * struct file_operations.owner to prevent the driver module + * code from unloading while the file is open. This provides + * enough safety that uverbs_close_fd() will continue to work. + * Drivers using FD are responsible to handle disassociation of + * the device on their own. */ if (WARN_ON(is_driver && - obj->type_attrs->type_class != &uverbs_idr_class)) + obj->type_attrs->type_class != &uverbs_idr_class && + obj->type_attrs->type_class != &uverbs_fd_class)) return -EINVAL; } |