Re: [PATCH] [v3] infiniband: i40iw, nes: don't use wall time for TCP sequence numbers

[Shiraz Saleem]

On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 02:34:43AM -0600, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> The nes infiniband driver uses current_kernel_time() to get a nanosecond
> granunarity timestamp to initialize its tcp sequence counters. This is
> one of only a few remaining users of that deprecated function, so we
> should try to get rid of it.
> 
> Aside from using a deprecated API, there are several problems I see here:
> 
> - Using a CLOCK_REALTIME based time source makes it predictable in
>   case the time base is synchronized.
> - Using a coarse timestamp means it only gets updated once per jiffie,
>   making it even more predictable in order to avoid having to access
>   the hardware clock source
> - The upper 2 bits are always zero because the nanoseconds are at most
>   999999999.
> 
> For the Linux TCP implementation, we use secure_tcp_seq(), which appears
> to be appropriate here as well, and solves all the above problems.
> 
> i40iw uses a variant of the same code, so I do that same thing there
> for ipv4. Unlike nes, i40e also supports ipv6, which needs to call
> secure_tcpv6_seq instead.
> 
> Acked-by: Shiraz Saleem <shiraz.saleem@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v2: use secure_tcpv6_seq for IPv6 support as suggested by Shiraz Saleem.
> v3: add a soft IPv6 dependency to prevent a link error with CONFIG_IPV6=m,
>     this now forces i40iw to be a module as well, add an IS_ENABLED()
>     check to avoid calling it when IPV6 is completely disabled.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/Kconfig    |  1 +
>  drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_cm.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  drivers/infiniband/hw/nes/nes_cm.c     |  8 +++++---
>  net/core/secure_seq.c                  |  1 +
>  4 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/Kconfig b/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/Kconfig
> index 2962979c06e9..d867ef1ac72a 100644
> --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/Kconfig
> @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
>  config INFINIBAND_I40IW
>  	tristate "Intel(R) Ethernet X722 iWARP Driver"
>  	depends on INET && I40E
> +	depends on IPV6 || !IPV6
>  	depends on PCI
>  	select GENERIC_ALLOCATOR
>  	---help---

v3 update looks ok. Thanks!