linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 6/7] iommu/core: add fault reporting

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Date:	Wed, 7 Sep 2011 19:36:01 +0300
From:	Ohad Ben-Cohen <ohad@...ery.com>
To:	"Roedel, Joerg" <Joerg.Roedel@....com>
Cc:	"iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org" <iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	"linux-omap@...r.kernel.org" <linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>,
	Hiroshi DOYU <Hiroshi.DOYU@...ia.com>,
	Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	David Brown <davidb@...eaurora.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC 6/7] iommu/core: add fault reporting

On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 1:00 PM, Roedel, Joerg <Joerg.Roedel@....com> wrote:
> Please add a seperate function for setting the fault-handler. It is
> optional, so no need to be a value of the alloc-function.

Will do.

> Can you elaborate a bit on what the user of the api will do different
> between IOMMU_TLBMISS and IOMMU_NOPTE?
> My feeling is that those differences should be handled internally in the
> IOMMU driver, but probably I miss a use-case.

I actually agree. Moreover, since we're not planning on implementing
this (dynamic PTE/TLB loading is supported by the hardware, but we're
not really using it ATM), and I don't see any other user doing so at
this point, I'll just remove those two fault types altogether.

> Also, we need some flags to distinguish between the type of the fault
> (read, write, ...).

I'll add it (though it won't be used by OMAP since the hardware
doesn't tell us this info).

Thanks!
Ohad.
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