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IB/qib: Clear eager buffer memory for each new process

The eager buffers are not being cleared before being mmapped into a
new user address space.  This is a potential security risk and should
be fixed.  Note that the eager header queue is already being cleared.

Signed-off-by: Ralph Campbell <ralph.campbell@qlogic.com>
Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <rolandd@cisco.com>
Ralph Campbell 15 years ago
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      drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_init.c

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drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_init.c

@@ -1472,6 +1472,9 @@ int qib_setup_eagerbufs(struct qib_ctxtdata *rcd)
 		dma_addr_t pa = rcd->rcvegrbuf_phys[chunk];
 		unsigned i;
 
+		/* clear for security and sanity on each use */
+		memset(rcd->rcvegrbuf[chunk], 0, size);
+
 		for (i = 0; e < egrcnt && i < egrperchunk; e++, i++) {
 			dd->f_put_tid(dd, e + egroff +
 					  (u64 __iomem *)