
• To send or receive data the l_key
must be provided to the HCA
• HCA verifies access to local
memory
• For RDMA, initiator must have the
r_key for the remote virtual address
• Possibly exchanged with a
send/recv
• r_key is not encrypted in IB
CCGrid '11
Memory Protection
HCA/NIC
Kernel
Process
l_key
r_key is needed for RDMA operations
For security, keys are required for all
operations that touch buffers
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