linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Intel IOMMU: RMRRs do not necessarily have to be present on all VT-d capable platforms

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Date:	Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:53:26 -0400
From:	Yong Wang <yong.y.wang@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Yong Wang <yong.y.wang@...ux.intel.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, suresh.b.siddha@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Intel IOMMU: RMRRs do not necessarily have to be
	present on all VT-d capable platforms

On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 01:01:49AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Jul 2008 05:13:54 -0400 Yong Wang <yong.y.wang@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> 
> > RMRRs do not necessarily have to be present on all VT-d capable platforms.
> > The printk is just informational and does not need to be followed by an
> > error return.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Yong Y Wang <yong.y.wang@...el.com>
> > ---
> >  dmar.c |    4 +---
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/pci/dmar.c b/drivers/pci/dmar.c
> > index f941f60..8bf86ae 100644
> > --- a/drivers/pci/dmar.c
> > +++ b/drivers/pci/dmar.c
> > @@ -317,10 +317,8 @@ int __init dmar_table_init(void)
> >  		return -ENODEV;
> >  	}
> >  
> > -	if (list_empty(&dmar_rmrr_units)) {
> > +	if (list_empty(&dmar_rmrr_units))
> >  		printk(KERN_INFO PREFIX "No RMRR found\n");
> > -		return -ENODEV;
> > -	}
> >  
> >  	return 0;
> >  }
> 
> >From your description I am unable to work out how important this fix is.
> 
> Is it needed in 2.6.25.x?  In 2.6.26?  In 2.6.27?  There's no way for me to
> know :(

Actually this is the same as Suresh' x2apic patch 05/26. The absence of RMRRs
will prevent kernel from parsing IOxAPICs without this patch and thus leaves
IOxAPICs in an uninitialized state.
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