linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix bug in iommu_context_addr: Always get pointer to lower extended-context-table

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Message-ID: <20150825084208.GB32055@8bytes.org>
Date:	Tue, 25 Aug 2015 10:42:08 +0200
From:	"joro@...tes.org" <joro@...tes.org>
To:	"Xiao, Nan (Nan@HPS Performance, Beijing)" <nan.xiao@...com>
Cc:	"dwmw2@...radead.org" <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	"iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org" <iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix bug in iommu_context_addr: Always get pointer to
 lower extended-context-table

Hi Nan,

On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 06:26:33AM +0000, Xiao, Nan (Nan@HPS Performance, Beijing) wrote:
>  drivers/iommu/intel-iommu.c | 7 ++++---
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/iommu/intel-iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/intel-iommu.c
> index 0649b94..4213598 100644
> --- a/drivers/iommu/intel-iommu.c
> +++ b/drivers/iommu/intel-iommu.c
> @@ -759,10 +759,11 @@ static inline struct context_entry *iommu_context_addr(struct intel_iommu *iommu
>  		if (devfn >= 0x80) {
>  			devfn -= 0x80;
>  			entry = &root->hi;
> -		}
> +		} else
> +			entry = &root->lo;
>  		devfn *= 2;
> -	}
> -	entry = &root->lo;
> +	} else
> +		entry = &root->lo;
>  	if (*entry & 1)
>  		context = phys_to_virt(*entry & VTD_PAGE_MASK);
>  	else {

Shouldn't this diff have the same effect?

diff --git a/drivers/iommu/intel-iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/intel-iommu.c
index 0649b94..7553cb9 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/intel-iommu.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/intel-iommu.c
@@ -755,6 +755,7 @@ static inline struct context_entry *iommu_context_addr(struct intel_iommu *iommu
 	struct context_entry *context;
 	u64 *entry;
 
+	entry = &root->lo;
 	if (ecs_enabled(iommu)) {
 		if (devfn >= 0x80) {
 			devfn -= 0x80;
@@ -762,7 +763,6 @@ static inline struct context_entry *iommu_context_addr(struct intel_iommu *iommu
 		}
 		devfn *= 2;
 	}
-	entry = &root->lo;
 	if (*entry & 1)
 		context = phys_to_virt(*entry & VTD_PAGE_MASK);
 	else {
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