linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 06/13] drm/etnaviv: Use sychronized interface of the IOMMU-API

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Date:   Thu, 17 Aug 2017 16:30:48 +0200
From:   Lucas Stach <l.stach@...gutronix.de>
To:     Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>
Cc:     Joerg Roedel <jroedel@...e.de>, iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Suravee Suthikulpanit <Suravee.Suthikulpanit@....com>,
        Russell King <linux+etnaviv@...linux.org.uk>,
        Christian Gmeiner <christian.gmeiner@...il.com>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>, etnaviv@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/13] drm/etnaviv: Use sychronized interface of the
 IOMMU-API

Am Donnerstag, den 17.08.2017, 16:18 +0200 schrieb Joerg Roedel:
> On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 04:03:54PM +0200, Lucas Stach wrote:
> > There is no IOMMU driver in use. Etnaviv just uses part of the IOMMU API
> > to manage the GPU internal MMU, see
> > drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_iommu.c
> 
> That looks like a very fragile construct, because it relies on internal
> behavior of the iommu code that can change in the future.
> 
> I strongly suggest to either make etnaviv_iommu.c a real iommu driver an
> move it to drivers/iommu, or (prefered by me) just call directly into
> the map/unmap functions of this driver from the rest of the
> etnaviv_iommu.c. I don't really see a reason why the IOMMU-API needs to
> be used there as another layer of indirection.

Yeah, the IOMMU API being used internally is a historical accident, that
we didn't get around to rectify yet. It's on my things-we-need-to-do
list to prune the usage of the IOMMU API in etnaviv.

Regards,
Lucas