[PATCH rdma-next 7/8] RDMA/ionic: Validate rate limit attribute in modify QP

From: Edward Srouji

Date: Sun May 24 2026 - 11:44:53 EST


From: Maher Sanalla <msanalla@xxxxxxxxxx>

Rate limit transition validation for RC QPs currently relies on
the IB core qp_state_table. Add a driver-level helper to validate
the rate limit attribute directly during QP modify, ensuring it
is only accepted for RC QPs in INIT->RTR, RTR->RTS and RTS->RTS
transitions.

This makes the driver responsible for rate limit validation
and prepares for a follow-up IB core change that delegates
IB_QP_RATE_LIMIT and all future non-standard modify attributes
handling to individual vendor drivers.

Signed-off-by: Maher Sanalla <msanalla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Michael Guralnik <michaelgur@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Edward Srouji <edwards@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/infiniband/hw/ionic/ionic_controlpath.c | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ionic/ionic_controlpath.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ionic/ionic_controlpath.c
index 2b01345848ddb7ee9b34e5c9bb074912734536e1..72e111027f1f5fede5aa21f0265219392f29a3ee 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ionic/ionic_controlpath.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ionic/ionic_controlpath.c
@@ -2535,6 +2535,23 @@ static bool ionic_qp_cur_state_is_ok(enum ib_qp_state q_state,
return false;
}

+static bool ionic_is_modify_ok(enum ib_qp_attr_mask ext_mask,
+ enum ib_qp_type type, enum ib_qp_state cur,
+ enum ib_qp_state next)
+{
+ if (!ext_mask)
+ return true;
+
+ if (ext_mask & ~IB_QP_RATE_LIMIT)
+ return false;
+
+ /* Rate limit is only supported for RC QPs during specific transitions */
+ return type == IB_QPT_RC &&
+ ((cur == IB_QPS_INIT && next == IB_QPS_RTR) ||
+ (cur == IB_QPS_RTR && next == IB_QPS_RTS) ||
+ (cur == IB_QPS_RTS && next == IB_QPS_RTS));
+}
+
static int ionic_check_modify_qp(struct ionic_qp *qp, struct ib_qp_attr *attr,
int mask)
{
@@ -2547,7 +2564,9 @@ static int ionic_check_modify_qp(struct ionic_qp *qp, struct ib_qp_attr *attr,
!ionic_qp_cur_state_is_ok(qp->state, attr->cur_qp_state))
return -EINVAL;

- if (!ib_modify_qp_is_ok(cur_state, next_state, qp->ibqp.qp_type, mask))
+ if (!ib_modify_qp_is_ok(cur_state, next_state, qp->ibqp.qp_type, mask) ||
+ !ionic_is_modify_ok(mask & ~IB_QP_ATTR_STANDARD_BITS,
+ qp->ibqp.qp_type, cur_state, next_state))
return -EINVAL;

/* unprivileged qp not allowed privileged qkey */

--
2.49.0