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RDMA: Ensure CQ UMEMs are managed by ib_core

From:  Leon Romanovsky <leon-AT-kernel.org>
To:  Jason Gunthorpe <jgg-AT-ziepe.ca>, Leon Romanovsky <leon-AT-kernel.org>, Selvin Xavier <selvin.xavier-AT-broadcom.com>, Kalesh AP <kalesh-anakkur.purayil-AT-broadcom.com>, Potnuri Bharat Teja <bharat-AT-chelsio.com>, Michael Margolin <mrgolin-AT-amazon.com>, Gal Pressman <gal.pressman-AT-linux.dev>, Yossi Leybovich <sleybo-AT-amazon.com>, Cheng Xu <chengyou-AT-linux.alibaba.com>, Kai Shen <kaishen-AT-linux.alibaba.com>, Chengchang Tang <tangchengchang-AT-huawei.com>, Junxian Huang <huangjunxian6-AT-hisilicon.com>, Abhijit Gangurde <abhijit.gangurde-AT-amd.com>, Allen Hubbe <allen.hubbe-AT-amd.com>, Krzysztof Czurylo <krzysztof.czurylo-AT-intel.com>, Tatyana Nikolova <tatyana.e.nikolova-AT-intel.com>, Long Li <longli-AT-microsoft.com>, Konstantin Taranov <kotaranov-AT-microsoft.com>, Yishai Hadas <yishaih-AT-nvidia.com>, Michal Kalderon <mkalderon-AT-marvell.com>, Bryan Tan <bryan-bt.tan-AT-broadcom.com>, Vishnu Dasa <vishnu.dasa-AT-broadcom.com>, Broadcom internal kernel review list <bcm-kernel-feedback-list-AT-broadcom.com>, Christian Benvenuti <benve-AT-cisco.com>, Nelson Escobar <neescoba-AT-cisco.com>, Dennis Dalessandro <dennis.dalessandro-AT-cornelisnetworks.com>, Bernard Metzler <bernard.metzler-AT-linux.dev>, Zhu Yanjun <zyjzyj2000-AT-gmail.com>
Subject:  [PATCH rdma-next 00/50] RDMA: Ensure CQ UMEMs are managed by ib_core
Date:  Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:57:36 +0200
Message-ID:  <20260213-refactor-umem-v1-0-f3be85847922@nvidia.com>
Cc:  linux-kernel-AT-vger.kernel.org, linux-rdma-AT-vger.kernel.org, linux-hyperv-AT-vger.kernel.org
Archive-link:  Article

Unify CQ UMEM creation, resize and release in ib_core to avoid the need
for complex driver-side handling. This lets us rely on the internal
reference counters of the relevant ib_XXX objects to manage UMEM
lifetime safely and consistently.

The resize cleanup made it clear that most drivers never handled this
path correctly, and there's a good chance the functionality was never
actually used. The most common issue was relying on the cq->resize_umem
pointer to detect races with other CQ commands, without clearing it on
errors and while ignoring proper locking for other CQ operations.

Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com>
---
Leon Romanovsky (50):
      RDMA: Move DMA block iterator logic into dedicated files
      RDMA/umem: Allow including ib_umem header from any location
      RDMA/umem: Remove unnecessary includes and defines from ib_umem header
      RDMA/core: Promote UMEM to a core component
      RDMA/core: Manage CQ umem in core code
      RDMA/efa: Rely on CPU address in create‑QP
      RDMA/core: Prepare create CQ path for API unification
      RDMA/core: Reject zero CQE count
      RDMA/efa: Remove check for zero CQE count
      RDMA/mlx5: Save 4 bytes in CQ structure
      RDMA/mlx5: Provide a modern CQ creation interface
      RDMA/mlx4: Inline mlx4_ib_get_cq_umem into callers
      RDMA/mlx4: Introduce a modern CQ creation interface
      RDMA/mlx4: Remove unused create_flags field from CQ structure
      RDMA/bnxt_re: Convert to modern CQ interface
      RDMA/cxgb4: Separate kernel and user CQ creation paths
      RDMA/mthca: Split user and kernel CQ creation paths
      RDMA/erdma: Separate user and kernel CQ creation paths
      RDMA/ionic: Split user and kernel CQ creation paths
      RDMA/qedr: Convert to modern CQ interface
      RDMA/vmw_pvrdma: Provide a modern CQ creation interface
      RDMA/ocrdma: Split user and kernel CQ creation paths
      RDMA/irdma: Split user and kernel CQ creation paths
      RDMA/usnic: Provide a modern CQ creation interface
      RDMA/mana: Provide a modern CQ creation interface
      RDMA/erdma: Separate user and kernel CQ creation paths
      RDMA/rdmavt: Split user and kernel CQ creation paths
      RDMA/siw: Split user and kernel CQ creation paths
      RDMA/rxe: Split user and kernel CQ creation paths
      RDMA/core: Remove legacy CQ creation fallback path
      RDMA/core: Remove unused ib_resize_cq() implementation
      RDMA: Clarify that CQ resize is a user‑space verb
      RDMA/bnxt_re: Drop support for resizing kernel CQs
      RDMA/irdma: Remove resize support for kernel CQs
      RDMA/mlx4: Remove support for kernel CQ resize
      RDMA/mlx5: Remove support for resizing kernel CQs
      RDMA/mthca: Remove resize support for kernel CQs
      RDMA/rdmavt: Remove resize support for kernel CQs
      RDMA/rxe: Remove unused kernel‑side CQ resize support
      RDMA: Properly propagate the number of CQEs as unsigned int
      RDMA/core: Generalize CQ resize locking
      RDMA/bnxt_re: Complete CQ resize in a single step
      RDMA/bnxt_re: Rely on common resize‑CQ locking
      RDMA/bnxt_re: Reduce CQ memory footprint
      RDMA/mlx4: Use generic resize-CQ lock
      RDMA/mlx4: Use on‑stack variables instead of storing them in the CQ object
      RDMA/mlx5: Use generic resize-CQ lock
      RDMA/mlx5: Select resize‑CQ callback based on device capabilities
      RDMA/mlx5: Reduce CQ memory footprint
      RDMA/mthca: Use generic resize-CQ lock

 drivers/infiniband/core/Makefile                |   6 +-
 drivers/infiniband/core/cq.c                    |   3 +
 drivers/infiniband/core/device.c                |   4 +-
 drivers/infiniband/core/iter.c                  |  43 +++
 drivers/infiniband/core/umem.c                  |   2 +-
 drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c            |  18 +-
 drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_std_types_cq.c   |  35 ++-
 drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c                 |  61 +---
 drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/ib_verbs.c        | 246 ++++++++-------
 drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/ib_verbs.h        |   9 +-
 drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/main.c            |   3 +-
 drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_res.c       |   2 +-
 drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cq.c                | 218 +++++++++----
 drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/iw_cxgb4.h          |   2 +
 drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/mem.c               |   2 +-
 drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/provider.c          |   1 +
 drivers/infiniband/hw/efa/efa.h                 |   6 +-
 drivers/infiniband/hw/efa/efa_main.c            |   3 +-
 drivers/infiniband/hw/efa/efa_verbs.c           |  44 ++-
 drivers/infiniband/hw/erdma/erdma_main.c        |   1 +
 drivers/infiniband/hw/erdma/erdma_verbs.c       |  99 ++++--
 drivers/infiniband/hw/erdma/erdma_verbs.h       |   2 +
 drivers/infiniband/hw/hns/hns_roce_alloc.c      |   2 +-
 drivers/infiniband/hw/hns/hns_roce_cq.c         | 103 ++++--
 drivers/infiniband/hw/hns/hns_roce_debugfs.c    |   1 -
 drivers/infiniband/hw/hns/hns_roce_device.h     |   3 +-
 drivers/infiniband/hw/hns/hns_roce_main.c       |   1 +
 drivers/infiniband/hw/ionic/ionic_controlpath.c |  88 ++++--
 drivers/infiniband/hw/ionic/ionic_ibdev.c       |   1 +
 drivers/infiniband/hw/ionic/ionic_ibdev.h       |   4 +-
 drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/main.h              |   2 +-
 drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/verbs.c             | 402 +++++++++++++-----------
 drivers/infiniband/hw/mana/cq.c                 | 128 +++++---
 drivers/infiniband/hw/mana/device.c             |   1 +
 drivers/infiniband/hw/mana/main.c               |  25 +-
 drivers/infiniband/hw/mana/mana_ib.h            |   6 +-
 drivers/infiniband/hw/mana/qp.c                 |  42 ++-
 drivers/infiniband/hw/mana/wq.c                 |  14 +-
 drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/cq.c                 | 401 ++++++++---------------
 drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c               |   3 +-
 drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/mlx4_ib.h            |  10 +-
 drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/mr.c                 |   1 +
 drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/cq.c                 | 383 ++++++++--------------
 drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c               |   9 +-
 drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mem.c                |   1 +
 drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mlx5_ib.h            |  12 +-
 drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c                 |   2 +-
 drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/umr.c                |   1 +
 drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_cq.c          |   1 -
 drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_provider.c    | 193 ++++--------
 drivers/infiniband/hw/mthca/mthca_provider.h    |   1 -
 drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_main.c      |   3 +-
 drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_verbs.c     |  70 +++--
 drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_verbs.h     |   6 +-
 drivers/infiniband/hw/qedr/main.c               |   1 +
 drivers/infiniband/hw/qedr/verbs.c              | 325 +++++++++++--------
 drivers/infiniband/hw/qedr/verbs.h              |   2 +
 drivers/infiniband/hw/usnic/usnic_ib_main.c     |   2 +-
 drivers/infiniband/hw/usnic/usnic_ib_verbs.c    |   6 +-
 drivers/infiniband/hw/usnic/usnic_ib_verbs.h    |   4 +-
 drivers/infiniband/hw/vmw_pvrdma/pvrdma.h       |   2 +-
 drivers/infiniband/hw/vmw_pvrdma/pvrdma_cq.c    | 171 ++++++----
 drivers/infiniband/hw/vmw_pvrdma/pvrdma_main.c  |   1 +
 drivers/infiniband/hw/vmw_pvrdma/pvrdma_verbs.h |   3 +
 drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt/cq.c               | 224 +++++++------
 drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt/cq.h               |   4 +-
 drivers/infiniband/sw/rdmavt/vt.c               |   3 +-
 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_cq.c              |  31 --
 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_loc.h             |   3 -
 drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c           | 115 +++----
 drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw_main.c            |   1 +
 drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw_verbs.c           | 111 +++++--
 drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw_verbs.h           |   2 +
 include/rdma/ib_umem.h                          |  36 +--
 include/rdma/ib_verbs.h                         |  67 +---
 include/rdma/iter.h                             |  88 ++++++
 76 files changed, 2085 insertions(+), 1847 deletions(-)
---
base-commit: 42e3aac65c1c9eb36cdee0d8312a326196e0822f
change-id: 20260203-refactor-umem-e5b4277e41b4

Best regards,
--  
Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com>




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