> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kalderon, Michal [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2017 3:10 AM
> To: Marciniszyn, Mike <[email protected]>; Ismail, Mustafa
> <[email protected]>; [email protected];
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> Cc: [email protected]; [email protected];
> [email protected]; [email protected]; Saleem, Shiraz
> <[email protected]>; Amrani, Ram <[email protected]>
> Subject: RE: [PATCH v2 2/2] RDMA/core: Initialize port_num in qp_attr
> 
> > From: [email protected] [mailto:linux-rdma-
> > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Marciniszyn, Mike
> > > Initialize the port_num for iWARP in rdma_init_qp_attr.
> > >
> > > Fixes: 5ecce4c9b17b("Check port number supplied by user verbs cmds")
> > > Cc: <[email protected]> # v2.6.14+
> > > Reviewed-by: Steve Wise <[email protected]>
> > > Signed-off-by: Mustafa Ismail <[email protected]>
> >
> Why is the second patch required if you only validate the port_num if the
> IB_QP_PORT mask is on?
> Given the first patch [PATCH v2 1/2] RDMA/uverbs: Fix the check for port
> number, this one seems redundant.
Strictly speaking it is not required, but we felt it safer to always return a 
valid port number
as is done in the IB case.

Regards,

Mustafa

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