IB/core: Add new ioctl interface

In this ioctl interface, processing the command starts from
properties of the command and fetching the appropriate user objects
before calling the handler.

Parsing and validation is done according to a specifier declared by
the driver's code. In the driver, all supported objects are declared.
These objects are separated to different object namepsaces. Dividing
objects to namespaces is done at initialization by using the higher
bits of the object ids. This initialization can mix objects declared
in different places to one parsing tree using in this ioctl interface.

For each object we list all supported methods. Similarly to objects,
methods are separated to method namespaces too. Namespacing is done
similarly to the objects case. This could be used in order to add
methods to an existing object.

Each method has a specific handler, which could be either a default
handler or a driver specific handler.
Along with the handler, a bunch of attributes are specified as well.
Similarly to objects and method, attributes are namespaced and hashed
by their ids at initialization too. All supported attributes are
subject to automatic fetching and validation. These attributes include
the command, response and the method's related objects' ids.

When these entities (objects, methods and attributes) are used, the
high bits of the entities ids are used in order to calculate the hash
bucket index. Then, these high bits are masked out in order to have a
zero based index. Since we use these high bits for both bucketing and
namespacing, we get a compact representation and O(1) array access.
This is mandatory for efficient dispatching.

Each attribute has a type (PTR_IN, PTR_OUT, IDR and FD) and a length.
Attributes could be validated through some attributes, like:
(*) Minimum size / Exact size
(*) Fops for FD
(*) Object type for IDR

If an IDR/fd attribute is specified, the kernel also states the object
type and the required access (NEW, WRITE, READ or DESTROY).
All uobject/fd management is done automatically by the infrastructure,
meaning - the infrastructure will fail concurrent commands that at
least one of them requires concurrent access (WRITE/DESTROY),
synchronize actions with device removals (dissociate context events)
and take care of reference counting (increase/decrease) for concurrent
actions invocation. The reference counts on the actual kernel objects
shall be handled by the handlers.

 objects
+--------+
|        |
|        |   methods                                                                +--------+
|        |   ns         method      method_spec                           +-----+   |len     |
+--------+  +------+[d]+-------+   +----------------+[d]+------------+    |attr1+-> |type    |
| object +> |method+-> | spec  +-> +  attr_buckets  +-> |default_chain+--> +-----+   |idr_type|
+--------+  +------+   |handler|   |                |   +------------+    |attr2|   |access  |
|        |  |      |   +-------+   +----------------+   |driver chain|    +-----+   +--------+
|        |  |      |                                    +------------+
|        |  +------+
|        |
|        |
|        |
|        |
|        |
|        |
|        |
|        |
|        |
|        |
+--------+

[d] = Hash ids to groups using the high order bits

The right types table is also chosen by using the high bits from
the ids. Currently we have either default or driver specific groups.

Once validation and object fetching (or creation) completed, we call
the handler:
int (*handler)(struct ib_device *ib_dev, struct ib_uverbs_file *ufile,
               struct uverbs_attr_bundle *ctx);

ctx bundles attributes of different namespaces. Each element there
is an array of attributes which corresponds to one namespaces of
attributes. For example, in the usually used case:

 ctx                               core
+----------------------------+     +------------+
| core:                      +---> | valid      |
+----------------------------+     | cmd_attr   |
| driver:                    |     +------------+
|----------------------------+--+  | valid      |
                                |  | cmd_attr   |
                                |  +------------+
                                |  | valid      |
                                |  | obj_attr   |
                                |  +------------+
                                |
                                |  drivers
                                |  +------------+
                                +> | valid      |
                                   | cmd_attr   |
                                   +------------+
                                   | valid      |
                                   | cmd_attr   |
                                   +------------+
                                   | valid      |
                                   | obj_attr   |
                                   +------------+

Signed-off-by: Matan Barak <matanb@mellanox.com>
Reviewed-by: Yishai Hadas <yishaih@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>

7 files changed, 543 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/Makefile b/drivers/infiniband/core/Makefile
index 920609a0872e..746756dc9877 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/Makefile
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@ ib_umad-y :=			user_mad.o
 ib_ucm-y :=                     ucm.o
 
 ib_uverbs-y :=                  uverbs_main.o uverbs_cmd.o uverbs_marshall.o \
-                                rdma_core.o uverbs_std_types.o
+                                rdma_core.o uverbs_std_types.o uverbs_ioctl.o
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/rdma_core.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/rdma_core.c
index 0fe8ef913387..2a2f002ac7cb 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/rdma_core.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/rdma_core.c
@@ -36,10 +36,56 @@
 #include <rdma/uverbs_types.h>
 #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 #include <rdma/uverbs_ioctl.h>
+#include <rdma/rdma_user_ioctl.h>
 #include "uverbs.h"
 #include "core_priv.h"
 #include "rdma_core.h"
 
+int uverbs_ns_idx(u16 *id, unsigned int ns_count)
+{
+        int ret = (*id & UVERBS_ID_NS_MASK) >> UVERBS_ID_NS_SHIFT;
+
+        if (ret >= ns_count)
+                return -EINVAL;
+
+        *id &= ~UVERBS_ID_NS_MASK;
+        return ret;
+}
+
+const struct uverbs_object_spec *uverbs_get_object(const struct ib_device *ibdev,
+                                                   uint16_t object)
+{
+        const struct uverbs_root_spec *object_hash = ibdev->specs_root;
+        const struct uverbs_object_spec_hash *objects;
+        int ret = uverbs_ns_idx(&object, object_hash->num_buckets);
+
+        if (ret < 0)
+                return NULL;
+
+        objects = object_hash->object_buckets[ret];
+
+        if (object >= objects->num_objects)
+                return NULL;
+
+        return objects->objects[object];
+}
+
+const struct uverbs_method_spec *uverbs_get_method(const struct uverbs_object_spec *object,
+                                                   uint16_t method)
+{
+        const struct uverbs_method_spec_hash *methods;
+        int ret = uverbs_ns_idx(&method, object->num_buckets);
+
+        if (ret < 0)
+                return NULL;
+
+        methods = object->method_buckets[ret];
+        if (method >= methods->num_methods)
+                return NULL;
+
+        return methods->methods[method];
+}
+
 void uverbs_uobject_get(struct ib_uobject *uobject)
 {
         kref_get(&uobject->ref);
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/rdma_core.h b/drivers/infiniband/core/rdma_core.h
index 9ed6ad0324c7..1efcf93238dd 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/rdma_core.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/rdma_core.h
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@
 #include <rdma/ib_verbs.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 
+int uverbs_ns_idx(u16 *id, unsigned int ns_count);
+const struct uverbs_object_spec *uverbs_get_object(const struct ib_device *ibdev,
+                                                   uint16_t object);
+const struct uverbs_method_spec *uverbs_get_method(const struct uverbs_object_spec *object,
+                                                   uint16_t method);
 /*
  * These functions initialize the context and cleanups its uobjects.
  * The context has a list of objects which is protected by a mutex
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_ioctl.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_ioctl.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5286ad57d903
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_ioctl.c
@@ -0,0 +1,364 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017, Mellanox Technologies inc.  All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This software is available to you under a choice of one of two
+ * licenses.  You may choose to be licensed under the terms of the GNU
+ * General Public License (GPL) Version 2, available from the file
+ * COPYING in the main directory of this source tree, or the
+ * OpenIB.org BSD license below:
+ *
+ *     Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or
+ *     without modification, are permitted provided that the following
+ *     conditions are met:
+ *
+ *      - Redistributions of source code must retain the above
+ *        copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
+ *        disclaimer.
+ *
+ *      - Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+ *        copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
+ *        disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials
+ *        provided with the distribution.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+ * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+ * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+ * NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS
+ * BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN
+ * ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
+ * CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+ * SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#include <rdma/rdma_user_ioctl.h>
+#include <rdma/uverbs_ioctl.h>
+#include "rdma_core.h"
+#include "uverbs.h"
+
+static int uverbs_process_attr(struct ib_device *ibdev,
+                               struct ib_ucontext *ucontext,
+                               const struct ib_uverbs_attr *uattr,
+                               u16 attr_id,
+                               const struct uverbs_attr_spec_hash *attr_spec_bucket,
+                               struct uverbs_attr_bundle_hash *attr_bundle_h,
+                               struct ib_uverbs_attr __user *uattr_ptr)
+{
+        const struct uverbs_attr_spec *spec;
+        struct uverbs_attr *e;
+        const struct uverbs_object_spec *object;
+        struct uverbs_obj_attr *o_attr;
+        struct uverbs_attr *elements = attr_bundle_h->attrs;
+
+        if (uattr->reserved)
+                return -EINVAL;
+
+        if (attr_id >= attr_spec_bucket->num_attrs) {
+                if (uattr->flags & UVERBS_ATTR_F_MANDATORY)
+                        return -EINVAL;
+                else
+                        return 0;
+        }
+
+        spec = &attr_spec_bucket->attrs[attr_id];
+        e = &elements[attr_id];
+        e->uattr = uattr_ptr;
+
+        switch (spec->type) {
+        case UVERBS_ATTR_TYPE_PTR_IN:
+        case UVERBS_ATTR_TYPE_PTR_OUT:
+                if (uattr->len < spec->len ||
+                    (!(spec->flags & UVERBS_ATTR_SPEC_F_MIN_SZ) &&
+                     uattr->len > spec->len))
+                        return -EINVAL;
+
+                e->ptr_attr.data = uattr->data;
+                e->ptr_attr.len = uattr->len;
+                e->ptr_attr.flags = uattr->flags;
+                break;
+
+        case UVERBS_ATTR_TYPE_IDR:
+                if (uattr->data >> 32)
+                        return -EINVAL;
+        /* fall through */
+        case UVERBS_ATTR_TYPE_FD:
+                if (uattr->len != 0 || !ucontext || uattr->data > INT_MAX)
+                        return -EINVAL;
+
+                o_attr = &e->obj_attr;
+                object = uverbs_get_object(ibdev, spec->obj.obj_type);
+                if (!object)
+                        return -EINVAL;
+                o_attr->type = object->type_attrs;
+
+                o_attr->id = (int)uattr->data;
+                o_attr->uobject = uverbs_get_uobject_from_context(
+                                        o_attr->type,
+                                        ucontext,
+                                        spec->obj.access,
+                                        o_attr->id);
+
+                if (IS_ERR(o_attr->uobject))
+                        return PTR_ERR(o_attr->uobject);
+
+                if (spec->obj.access == UVERBS_ACCESS_NEW) {
+                        u64 id = o_attr->uobject->id;
+
+                        /* Copy the allocated id to the user-space */
+                        if (put_user(id, &e->uattr->data)) {
+                                uverbs_finalize_object(o_attr->uobject,
+                                                       UVERBS_ACCESS_NEW,
+                                                       false);
+                                return -EFAULT;
+                        }
+                }
+
+                break;
+        default:
+                return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+        }
+
+        set_bit(attr_id, attr_bundle_h->valid_bitmap);
+        return 0;
+}
+
+static int uverbs_uattrs_process(struct ib_device *ibdev,
+                                 struct ib_ucontext *ucontext,
+                                 const struct ib_uverbs_attr *uattrs,
+                                 size_t num_uattrs,
+                                 const struct uverbs_method_spec *method,
+                                 struct uverbs_attr_bundle *attr_bundle,
+                                 struct ib_uverbs_attr __user *uattr_ptr)
+{
+        size_t i;
+        int ret = 0;
+        int num_given_buckets = 0;
+
+        for (i = 0; i < num_uattrs; i++) {
+                const struct ib_uverbs_attr *uattr = &uattrs[i];
+                u16 attr_id = uattr->attr_id;
+                struct uverbs_attr_spec_hash *attr_spec_bucket;
+
+                ret = uverbs_ns_idx(&attr_id, method->num_buckets);
+                if (ret < 0) {
+                        if (uattr->flags & UVERBS_ATTR_F_MANDATORY) {
+                                uverbs_finalize_objects(attr_bundle,
+                                                        method->attr_buckets,
+                                                        num_given_buckets,
+                                                        false);
+                                return ret;
+                        }
+                        continue;
+                }
+
+                /*
+                 * ret is the found ns, so increase num_given_buckets if
+                 * necessary.
+                 */
+                if (ret >= num_given_buckets)
+                        num_given_buckets = ret + 1;
+
+                attr_spec_bucket = method->attr_buckets[ret];
+                ret = uverbs_process_attr(ibdev, ucontext, uattr, attr_id,
+                                          attr_spec_bucket, &attr_bundle->hash[ret],
+                                          uattr_ptr++);
+                if (ret) {
+                        uverbs_finalize_objects(attr_bundle,
+                                                method->attr_buckets,
+                                                num_given_buckets,
+                                                false);
+                        return ret;
+                }
+        }
+
+        return num_given_buckets;
+}
+
+static int uverbs_validate_kernel_mandatory(const struct uverbs_method_spec *method_spec,
+                                            struct uverbs_attr_bundle *attr_bundle)
+{
+        unsigned int i;
+
+        for (i = 0; i < attr_bundle->num_buckets; i++) {
+                struct uverbs_attr_spec_hash *attr_spec_bucket =
+                        method_spec->attr_buckets[i];
+
+                if (!bitmap_subset(attr_spec_bucket->mandatory_attrs_bitmask,
+                                   attr_bundle->hash[i].valid_bitmap,
+                                   attr_spec_bucket->num_attrs))
+                        return -EINVAL;
+        }
+
+        return 0;
+}
+
+static int uverbs_handle_method(struct ib_uverbs_attr __user *uattr_ptr,
+                                const struct ib_uverbs_attr *uattrs,
+                                size_t num_uattrs,
+                                struct ib_device *ibdev,
+                                struct ib_uverbs_file *ufile,
+                                const struct uverbs_method_spec *method_spec,
+                                struct uverbs_attr_bundle *attr_bundle)
+{
+        int ret;
+        int finalize_ret;
+        int num_given_buckets;
+
+        num_given_buckets = uverbs_uattrs_process(ibdev, ufile->ucontext, uattrs,
+                                                  num_uattrs, method_spec,
+                                                  attr_bundle, uattr_ptr);
+        if (num_given_buckets <= 0)
+                return -EINVAL;
+
+        attr_bundle->num_buckets = num_given_buckets;
+        ret = uverbs_validate_kernel_mandatory(method_spec, attr_bundle);
+        if (ret)
+                goto cleanup;
+
+        ret = method_spec->handler(ibdev, ufile, attr_bundle);
+cleanup:
+        finalize_ret = uverbs_finalize_objects(attr_bundle,
+                                               method_spec->attr_buckets,
+                                               attr_bundle->num_buckets,
+                                               !ret);
+
+        return ret ? ret : finalize_ret;
+}
+
+#define UVERBS_OPTIMIZE_USING_STACK_SZ  256
+static long ib_uverbs_cmd_verbs(struct ib_device *ib_dev,
+                                struct ib_uverbs_file *file,
+                                struct ib_uverbs_ioctl_hdr *hdr,
+                                void __user *buf)
+{
+        const struct uverbs_object_spec *object_spec;
+        const struct uverbs_method_spec *method_spec;
+        long err = 0;
+        unsigned int i;
+        struct {
+                struct ib_uverbs_attr           *uattrs;
+                struct uverbs_attr_bundle       *uverbs_attr_bundle;
+        } *ctx = NULL;
+        struct uverbs_attr *curr_attr;
+        unsigned long *curr_bitmap;
+        size_t ctx_size;
+#ifdef UVERBS_OPTIMIZE_USING_STACK_SZ
+        uintptr_t data[UVERBS_OPTIMIZE_USING_STACK_SZ / sizeof(uintptr_t)];
+#endif
+
+        if (hdr->reserved)
+                return -EINVAL;
+
+        object_spec = uverbs_get_object(ib_dev, hdr->object_id);
+        if (!object_spec)
+                return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+        method_spec = uverbs_get_method(object_spec, hdr->method_id);
+        if (!method_spec)
+                return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+        if ((method_spec->flags & UVERBS_ACTION_FLAG_CREATE_ROOT) ^ !file->ucontext)
+                return -EINVAL;
+
+        ctx_size = sizeof(*ctx) +
+                   sizeof(struct uverbs_attr_bundle) +
+                   sizeof(struct uverbs_attr_bundle_hash) * method_spec->num_buckets +
+                   sizeof(*ctx->uattrs) * hdr->num_attrs +
+                   sizeof(*ctx->uverbs_attr_bundle->hash[0].attrs) *
+                   method_spec->num_child_attrs +
+                   sizeof(*ctx->uverbs_attr_bundle->hash[0].valid_bitmap) *
+                        (method_spec->num_child_attrs / BITS_PER_LONG +
+                         method_spec->num_buckets);
+
+#ifdef UVERBS_OPTIMIZE_USING_STACK_SZ
+        if (ctx_size <= UVERBS_OPTIMIZE_USING_STACK_SZ)
+                ctx = (void *)data;
+
+        if (!ctx)
+#endif
+        ctx = kmalloc(ctx_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+        if (!ctx)
+                return -ENOMEM;
+
+        ctx->uverbs_attr_bundle = (void *)ctx + sizeof(*ctx);
+        ctx->uattrs = (void *)(ctx->uverbs_attr_bundle + 1) +
+                              (sizeof(ctx->uverbs_attr_bundle->hash[0]) *
+                               method_spec->num_buckets);
+        curr_attr = (void *)(ctx->uattrs + hdr->num_attrs);
+        curr_bitmap = (void *)(curr_attr + method_spec->num_child_attrs);
+
+        /*
+         * We just fill the pointers and num_attrs here. The data itself will be
+         * filled at a later stage (uverbs_process_attr)
+         */
+        for (i = 0; i < method_spec->num_buckets; i++) {
+                unsigned int curr_num_attrs = method_spec->attr_buckets[i]->num_attrs;
+
+                ctx->uverbs_attr_bundle->hash[i].attrs = curr_attr;
+                curr_attr += curr_num_attrs;
+                ctx->uverbs_attr_bundle->hash[i].num_attrs = curr_num_attrs;
+                ctx->uverbs_attr_bundle->hash[i].valid_bitmap = curr_bitmap;
+                bitmap_zero(curr_bitmap, curr_num_attrs);
+                curr_bitmap += BITS_TO_LONGS(curr_num_attrs);
+        }
+
+        err = copy_from_user(ctx->uattrs, buf,
+                             sizeof(*ctx->uattrs) * hdr->num_attrs);
+        if (err) {
+                err = -EFAULT;
+                goto out;
+        }
+
+        err = uverbs_handle_method(buf, ctx->uattrs, hdr->num_attrs, ib_dev,
+                                   file, method_spec, ctx->uverbs_attr_bundle);
+out:
+#ifdef UVERBS_OPTIMIZE_USING_STACK_SZ
+        if (ctx_size > UVERBS_OPTIMIZE_USING_STACK_SZ)
+#endif
+        kfree(ctx);
+        return err;
+}
+
+#define IB_UVERBS_MAX_CMD_SZ 4096
+
+long ib_uverbs_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
+{
+        struct ib_uverbs_file *file = filp->private_data;
+        struct ib_uverbs_ioctl_hdr __user *user_hdr =
+                (struct ib_uverbs_ioctl_hdr __user *)arg;
+        struct ib_uverbs_ioctl_hdr hdr;
+        struct ib_device *ib_dev;
+        int srcu_key;
+        long err;
+
+        srcu_key = srcu_read_lock(&file->device->disassociate_srcu);
+        ib_dev = srcu_dereference(file->device->ib_dev,
+                                  &file->device->disassociate_srcu);
+        if (!ib_dev) {
+                err = -EIO;
+                goto out;
+        }
+
+        if (cmd == RDMA_VERBS_IOCTL) {
+                err = copy_from_user(&hdr, user_hdr, sizeof(hdr));
+
+                if (err || hdr.length > IB_UVERBS_MAX_CMD_SZ ||
+                    hdr.length != sizeof(hdr) + hdr.num_attrs * sizeof(struct ib_uverbs_attr)) {
+                        err = -EINVAL;
+                        goto out;
+                }
+
+                if (hdr.reserved) {
+                        err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+                        goto out;
+                }
+
+                err = ib_uverbs_cmd_verbs(ib_dev, file, &hdr,
+                                          (__user void *)arg + sizeof(hdr));
+        } else {
+                err = -ENOIOCTLCMD;
+        }
+out:
+        srcu_read_unlock(&file->device->disassociate_srcu, srcu_key);
+
+        return err;
+}
diff --git a/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h b/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
index 1b4bb8743969..e6df68048517 100644
--- a/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
+++ b/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
@@ -2348,6 +2348,8 @@ struct ib_device {
         void (*get_dev_fw_str)(struct ib_device *, char *str);
         const struct cpumask *(*get_vector_affinity)(struct ib_device *ibdev,
                                                      int comp_vector);
+
+        struct uverbs_root_spec         *specs_root;
 };
 
 struct ib_client {
diff --git a/include/rdma/uverbs_ioctl.h b/include/rdma/uverbs_ioctl.h
index d3ec02b7d937..f83f56329761 100644
--- a/include/rdma/uverbs_ioctl.h
+++ b/include/rdma/uverbs_ioctl.h
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@
 
 enum uverbs_attr_type {
         UVERBS_ATTR_TYPE_NA,
+        UVERBS_ATTR_TYPE_PTR_IN,
+        UVERBS_ATTR_TYPE_PTR_OUT,
         UVERBS_ATTR_TYPE_IDR,
         UVERBS_ATTR_TYPE_FD,
 };
@@ -54,29 +56,110 @@ enum uverbs_obj_access {
         UVERBS_ACCESS_DESTROY
 };
 
+enum {
+        UVERBS_ATTR_SPEC_F_MANDATORY    = 1U << 0,
+        /* Support extending attributes by length */
+        UVERBS_ATTR_SPEC_F_MIN_SZ       = 1U << 1,
+};
+
 struct uverbs_attr_spec {
         enum uverbs_attr_type           type;
-        struct {
-                /*
-                 * higher bits mean the namespace and lower bits mean
-                 * the type id within the namespace.
-                 */
-                u16                     obj_type;
-                u8                      access;
-        } obj;
+        union {
+                u16                             len;
+                struct {
+                        /*
+                         * higher bits mean the namespace and lower bits mean
+                         * the type id within the namespace.
+                         */
+                        u16                     obj_type;
+                        u8                      access;
+                } obj;
+        };
+        /* Combination of bits from enum UVERBS_ATTR_SPEC_F_XXXX */
+        u8                              flags;
 };
 
 struct uverbs_attr_spec_hash {
         size_t                          num_attrs;
+        unsigned long                   *mandatory_attrs_bitmask;
         struct uverbs_attr_spec         attrs[0];
 };
 
+struct uverbs_attr_bundle;
+struct ib_uverbs_file;
+
+enum {
+        /*
+         * Action marked with this flag creates a context (or root for all
+         * objects).
+         */
+        UVERBS_ACTION_FLAG_CREATE_ROOT = 1U << 0,
+};
+
+struct uverbs_method_spec {
+        /* Combination of bits from enum UVERBS_ACTION_FLAG_XXXX */
+        u32                                             flags;
+        size_t                                          num_buckets;
+        size_t                                          num_child_attrs;
+        int (*handler)(struct ib_device *ib_dev, struct ib_uverbs_file *ufile,
+                       struct uverbs_attr_bundle *ctx);
+        struct uverbs_attr_spec_hash            *attr_buckets[0];
+};
+
+struct uverbs_method_spec_hash {
+        size_t                                  num_methods;
+        struct uverbs_method_spec               *methods[0];
+};
+
+struct uverbs_object_spec {
+        const struct uverbs_obj_type            *type_attrs;
+        size_t                                  num_buckets;
+        struct uverbs_method_spec_hash          *method_buckets[0];
+};
+
+struct uverbs_object_spec_hash {
+        size_t                                  num_objects;
+        struct uverbs_object_spec               *objects[0];
+};
+
+struct uverbs_root_spec {
+        size_t                                  num_buckets;
+        struct uverbs_object_spec_hash          *object_buckets[0];
+};
+
+/* =================================================
+ *              Parsing infrastructure
+ * =================================================
+ */
+
+struct uverbs_ptr_attr {
+        union {
+                u64             data;
+                void    __user *ptr;
+        };
+        u16             len;
+        /* Combination of bits from enum UVERBS_ATTR_F_XXXX */
+        u16             flags;
+};
+
 struct uverbs_obj_attr {
+        /* pointer to the kernel descriptor -> type, access, etc */
+        const struct uverbs_obj_type    *type;
         struct ib_uobject               *uobject;
+        /* fd or id in idr of this object */
+        int                             id;
 };
 
 struct uverbs_attr {
-        struct uverbs_obj_attr  obj_attr;
+        /*
+         * pointer to the user-space given attribute, in order to write the
+         * new uobject's id or update flags.
+         */
+        struct ib_uverbs_attr __user    *uattr;
+        union {
+                struct uverbs_ptr_attr  ptr_attr;
+                struct uverbs_obj_attr  obj_attr;
+        };
 };
 
 struct uverbs_attr_bundle_hash {
diff --git a/include/uapi/rdma/rdma_user_ioctl.h b/include/uapi/rdma/rdma_user_ioctl.h
index 9388125ad51b..165a27e969d5 100644
--- a/include/uapi/rdma/rdma_user_ioctl.h
+++ b/include/uapi/rdma/rdma_user_ioctl.h
@@ -43,6 +43,39 @@
 /* Legacy name, for user space application which already use it */
 #define IB_IOCTL_MAGIC          RDMA_IOCTL_MAGIC
 
+#define RDMA_VERBS_IOCTL \
+        _IOWR(RDMA_IOCTL_MAGIC, 1, struct ib_uverbs_ioctl_hdr)
+
+#define UVERBS_ID_NS_MASK 0xF000
+#define UVERBS_ID_NS_SHIFT 12
+
+enum {
+        /* User input */
+        UVERBS_ATTR_F_MANDATORY = 1U << 0,
+        /*
+         * Valid output bit should be ignored and considered set in
+         * mandatory fields. This bit is kernel output.
+         */
+        UVERBS_ATTR_F_VALID_OUTPUT = 1U << 1,
+};
+
+struct ib_uverbs_attr {
+        __u16 attr_id;          /* command specific type attribute */
+        __u16 len;              /* only for pointers */
+        __u16 flags;            /* combination of UVERBS_ATTR_F_XXXX */
+        __u16 reserved;
+        __u64 data;             /* ptr to command, inline data or idr/fd */
+};
+
+struct ib_uverbs_ioctl_hdr {
+        __u16 length;
+        __u16 object_id;
+        __u16 method_id;
+        __u16 num_attrs;
+        __u64 reserved;
+        struct ib_uverbs_attr  attrs[0];
+};
+
 /*
  * General blocks assignments
  * It is closed on purpose do not expose it it user space