From: Jinpu Wang <jinpu.wang@profitbricks.com>
To: Bart Van Assche <Bart.VanAssche@wdc.com>
Cc: "linux-block@vger.kernel.org" <linux-block@vger.kernel.org>,
"hch@infradead.org" <hch@infradead.org>,
"linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org>,
"roman.penyaev@profitbricks.com" <roman.penyaev@profitbricks.com>,
"sagi@grimberg.me" <sagi@grimberg.me>,
"ogerlitz@mellanox.com" <ogerlitz@mellanox.com>,
"axboe@kernel.dk" <axboe@kernel.dk>,
"danil.kipnis@profitbricks.com" <danil.kipnis@profitbricks.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/24] InfiniBand Transport (IBTRS) and Network Block Device (IBNBD)
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2018 17:36:44 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMGffEkdFqgDmRnaRMuJz2tZFserg2kmOhc3Rde1+0zsz=du0Q@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1517847408.3764.5.camel@wdc.com>
On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 5:16 PM, Bart Van Assche <Bart.VanAssche@wdc.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 2018-02-05 at 09:56 +0100, Jinpu Wang wrote:
>> Hi Bart,
>>
>> My another 2 cents:)
>> On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 6:05 PM, Bart Van Assche <Bart.VanAssche@wdc.com> wrote:
>> > On Fri, 2018-02-02 at 15:08 +0100, Roman Pen wrote:
>> > > o Simple configuration of IBNBD:
>> > > - Server side is completely passive: volumes do not need to be
>> > > explicitly exported.
>> >
>> > That sounds like a security hole? I think the ability to configure whether or
>> > not an initiator is allowed to log in is essential and also which volumes an
>> > initiator has access to.
>>
>> Our design target for well controlled production environment, so security is
>> handle in other layer. On server side, admin can set the dev_search_path in
>> module parameter to set parent directory, this will concatenate with the path
>> client send in open message to open a block device.
>
> Hello Jack,
>
> That approach may work well for your employer but sorry I don't think this is
> sufficient for an upstream driver. I think that most users who configure a
> network storage target expect full control over which storage devices are exported
> and also over which clients do have and do not have access.
>
> Bart.
Hello Bart,
I agree for general purpose, it may be good to have better access control.
Thanks,
--
Jack Wang
Linux Kernel Developer
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-02-05 16:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 79+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-02-02 14:08 [PATCH 00/24] InfiniBand Transport (IBTRS) and Network Block Device (IBNBD) Roman Pen
2018-02-02 14:08 ` [PATCH 01/24] ibtrs: public interface header to establish RDMA connections Roman Pen
2018-02-02 14:08 ` [PATCH 02/24] ibtrs: private headers with IBTRS protocol structs and helpers Roman Pen
2018-02-02 14:08 ` [PATCH 03/24] ibtrs: core: lib functions shared between client and server modules Roman Pen
2018-02-05 10:52 ` Sagi Grimberg
2018-02-06 12:01 ` Roman Penyaev
2018-02-06 16:10 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2018-02-07 10:34 ` Roman Penyaev
2018-02-02 14:08 ` [PATCH 04/24] ibtrs: client: private header with client structs and functions Roman Pen
2018-02-05 10:59 ` Sagi Grimberg
2018-02-06 12:23 ` Roman Penyaev
2018-02-02 14:08 ` [PATCH 05/24] ibtrs: client: main functionality Roman Pen
2018-02-02 16:54 ` Bart Van Assche
2018-02-05 13:27 ` Roman Penyaev
2018-02-05 14:14 ` Sagi Grimberg
2018-02-05 17:05 ` Roman Penyaev
2018-02-05 11:19 ` Sagi Grimberg
2018-02-05 14:19 ` Roman Penyaev
2018-02-05 16:24 ` Bart Van Assche
2018-02-02 14:08 ` [PATCH 06/24] ibtrs: client: statistics functions Roman Pen
2018-02-02 14:08 ` [PATCH 07/24] ibtrs: client: sysfs interface functions Roman Pen
2018-02-05 11:20 ` Sagi Grimberg
2018-02-06 12:28 ` Roman Penyaev
2018-02-02 14:08 ` [PATCH 08/24] ibtrs: server: private header with server structs and functions Roman Pen
2018-02-02 14:08 ` [PATCH 09/24] ibtrs: server: main functionality Roman Pen
2018-02-05 11:29 ` Sagi Grimberg
2018-02-06 12:46 ` Roman Penyaev
2018-02-02 14:08 ` [PATCH 10/24] ibtrs: server: statistics functions Roman Pen
2018-02-02 14:08 ` [PATCH 11/24] ibtrs: server: sysfs interface functions Roman Pen
2018-02-02 14:08 ` [PATCH 12/24] ibtrs: include client and server modules into kernel compilation Roman Pen
2018-02-02 14:08 ` [PATCH 13/24] ibtrs: a bit of documentation Roman Pen
2018-02-02 14:08 ` [PATCH 14/24] ibnbd: private headers with IBNBD protocol structs and helpers Roman Pen
2018-02-02 14:08 ` [PATCH 15/24] ibnbd: client: private header with client structs and functions Roman Pen
2018-02-02 14:08 ` [PATCH 16/24] ibnbd: client: main functionality Roman Pen
2018-02-02 15:11 ` Jens Axboe
2018-02-05 12:54 ` Roman Penyaev
2018-02-02 14:08 ` [PATCH 17/24] ibnbd: client: sysfs interface functions Roman Pen
2018-02-02 14:08 ` [PATCH 18/24] ibnbd: server: private header with server structs and functions Roman Pen
2018-02-02 14:08 ` [PATCH 19/24] ibnbd: server: main functionality Roman Pen
2018-02-02 14:09 ` [PATCH 20/24] ibnbd: server: functionality for IO submission to file or block dev Roman Pen
2018-02-02 14:09 ` [PATCH 21/24] ibnbd: server: sysfs interface functions Roman Pen
2018-02-02 14:09 ` [PATCH 22/24] ibnbd: include client and server modules into kernel compilation Roman Pen
2018-02-02 14:09 ` [PATCH 23/24] ibnbd: a bit of documentation Roman Pen
2018-02-02 15:55 ` Bart Van Assche
2018-02-05 13:03 ` Roman Penyaev
2018-02-05 14:16 ` Sagi Grimberg
2018-02-02 14:09 ` [PATCH 24/24] MAINTAINERS: Add maintainer for IBNBD/IBTRS modules Roman Pen
2018-02-02 16:07 ` [PATCH 00/24] InfiniBand Transport (IBTRS) and Network Block Device (IBNBD) Bart Van Assche
2018-02-02 16:40 ` Doug Ledford
2018-02-05 8:45 ` Jinpu Wang
2018-06-04 12:14 ` Danil Kipnis
2018-02-02 17:05 ` Bart Van Assche
2018-02-05 8:56 ` Jinpu Wang
2018-02-05 11:36 ` Sagi Grimberg
2018-02-05 13:38 ` Danil Kipnis
2018-02-05 14:17 ` Sagi Grimberg
2018-02-05 16:40 ` Danil Kipnis
2018-02-05 18:38 ` Bart Van Assche
2018-02-06 9:44 ` Danil Kipnis
2018-02-06 15:35 ` Bart Van Assche
2018-02-05 16:16 ` Bart Van Assche
2018-02-05 16:36 ` Jinpu Wang [this message]
2018-02-07 16:35 ` Christopher Lameter
2018-02-07 17:18 ` Roman Penyaev
2018-02-07 17:32 ` Bart Van Assche
2018-02-08 17:38 ` Danil Kipnis
2018-02-08 18:09 ` Bart Van Assche
2018-06-04 12:27 ` Danil Kipnis
2018-02-05 12:16 ` Sagi Grimberg
2018-02-05 12:30 ` Sagi Grimberg
2018-02-07 13:06 ` Roman Penyaev
2018-02-05 16:58 ` Bart Van Assche
2018-02-05 17:16 ` Roman Penyaev
2018-02-05 17:20 ` Bart Van Assche
2018-02-06 11:47 ` Roman Penyaev
2018-02-06 13:12 ` Roman Penyaev
2018-02-06 16:01 ` Bart Van Assche
2018-02-07 12:57 ` Roman Penyaev
2018-02-07 16:35 ` Bart Van Assche
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