Date:	Wed, 20 Jul 2016 17:56:25 +0800
From:	Dennis Chen <dennis.chen@....com>
To:	Eric Auger <eric.auger@...hat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v11 0/8] KVM PCIe/MSI passthrough on ARM/ARM64: kernel
 part 1/3: iommu changes

Hi Eric,

On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 12:55:03PM +0000, Eric Auger wrote:
> This series introduces the msi-iommu api used to:
> 
> - allocate/free resources for MSI IOMMU mapping
> - set the MSI iova window aperture
> - map/unmap physical addresses onto MSI IOVAs.
> - determine whether an msi needs to be iommu mapped
> - overwrite an msi_msg PA address with its pre-allocated/mapped IOVA
> 
> Also a new iommu domain attribute, DOMAIN_ATTR_MSI_GEOMETRY is introduced
> to report the MSI iova window geometry (aperture and iommu-msi API support).
> 
> Currently:
> - iommu driver is supposed to allocate/free MSI mapping resources
> - VFIO subsystem is supposed to set the MSI IOVA aperture.
> - The MSI layer is supposed to allocate/free iova mappings and overwrite
>   msi_msg with IOVA at composition time
> 
> More details & context can be found at:
> http://www.linaro.org/blog/core-dump/kvm-pciemsi-passthrough-armarm64/
> 
> Best Regards
> 
> Eric
> 
> Git: complete series available at
> https://github.com/eauger/linux/tree/v4.7-rc7-passthrough-v11
>
Why can't I find this new series on your git tree:
https://git.linaro.org/people/eric.auger/linux.git
?
Also, do I need to download all the 3-part patches to test the PCIe NIC passthru
as I did on your v9 series?

Thanks,
Dennis 
>
> see part III for wrap-up details.
> 
> History:
> v10 -> v11:
> - no change in the series, just incremented for consistency
> - added a temporary patch in the branch:
>   "iommu/iova: FIXUP! validate iova_domain input to put_iova_domain"
>   originally sent by Nate and adapted for this use case. This is currently
>   under discussion on the ML. The crash typically occurs in case unsafe
>   interrupts are discovered while allow_unsafe_interrupts is not set.
> 
> v9 -> v10:
> - split error management in iommu_msi_set_aperture
> 
> v8 -> v9:
> - rename iommu_domain_msi_geometry programmable flag into iommu_msi_supported
> - introduce msi_apperture_valid helper and use this instead of is_aperture_set
> 
> v7 -> v8:
> - The API is retargetted for MSI: renamed msi-iommu
>   all "dma-reserved" namings removed
> - now implemented upon dma-iommu (get, put, init), ie. reuse iova_cookie,
>   and iova API
> - msi mapping resources now are guaranteed to exist during the whole iommu
>   domain's lifetime. No need to lock to garantee the cookie integrity
> - removed alloc/free_reserved_reserved_iova_domain. We now have a single
>   function that sets the aperture, looking like iommu_dma_init_domain.
> - we now use a list instead of an RB-tree
> - prot is not propagated anymore at domain creation due to the retargetting
>   for MSI
> - iommu_domain pointer removed from doorbell_mapping struct
> - replaced DOMAIN_ATTR_MSI_MAPPING by DOMAIN_ATTR_MSI_GEOMETRY
> 
> v6 -> v7:
> - fixed known lock bugs and multiple page sized slots matching
>   (I only have a single MSI frame made of a single page)
> - reserved_iova_cookie now pointing to a struct that encapsulates the
>   iova domain handle + protection attribute passed from VFIO (Alex' req)
> - 2 new functions exposed: iommu_msi_mapping_translate_msg,
>   iommu_msi_mapping_desc_to_domain: not sure this is the right location/proto
>   though
> - iommu_put_reserved_iova now takes a phys_addr_t
> - everything now is cleanup on iommu_domain destruction
> 
> RFC v5 -> patch v6:
> - split to ease the review process
> - in dma-reserved-api use a spin lock instead of a mutex (reported by
>   Jean-Philippe)
> - revisit iommu_get_reserved_iova API to pass a size parameter upon
>   Marc's request
> - Consistently use the page order passed when creating the iova domain.
> - init reserved_binding_list (reported by Julien)
> 
> RFC v4 -> RFC v5:
> - take into account Thomas' comments on MSI related patches
>   - split "msi: IOMMU map the doorbell address when needed"
>   - increase readability and add comments
>   - fix style issues
>  - split "iommu: Add DOMAIN_ATTR_MSI_MAPPING attribute"
>  - platform ITS now advertises IOMMU_CAP_INTR_REMAP
>  - fix compilation issue with CONFIG_IOMMU API unset
>  - arm-smmu-v3 now advertises DOMAIN_ATTR_MSI_MAPPING
> 
> RFC v3 -> v4:
> - Move doorbell mapping/unmapping in msi.c
> - fix ref count issue on set_affinity: in case of a change in the address
>   the previous address is decremented
> - doorbell map/unmap now is done on msi composition. Should allow the use
>   case for platform MSI controllers
> - create dma-reserved-iommu.h/c exposing/implementing a new API dedicated
>   to reserved IOVA management (looking like dma-iommu glue)
> - series reordering to ease the review:
>   - first part is related to IOMMU
>   - second related to MSI sub-system
>   - third related to VFIO (except arm-smmu IOMMU_CAP_INTR_REMAP removal)
> - expose the number of requested IOVA pages through VFIO_IOMMU_GET_INFO
>   [this partially addresses Marc's comments on iommu_get/put_single_reserved
>    size/alignment problematic - which I did not ignore - but I don't know
>    how much I can do at the moment]
> 
> RFC v2 -> RFC v3:
> - should fix wrong handling of some CONFIG combinations:
>   CONFIG_IOVA, CONFIG_IOMMU_API, CONFIG_PCI_MSI_IRQ_DOMAIN
> - fix MSI_FLAG_IRQ_REMAPPING setting in GICv3 ITS (although not tested)
> 
> PATCH v1 -> RFC v2:
> - reverted to RFC since it looks more reasonable ;-) the code is split
>   between VFIO, IOMMU, MSI controller and I am not sure I did the right
>   choices. Also API need to be further discussed.
> - iova API usage in arm-smmu.c.
> - MSI controller natively programs the MSI addr with either the PA or IOVA.
>   This is not done anymore in vfio-pci driver as suggested by Alex.
> - check irq remapping capability of the group
> 
> RFC v1 [2] -> PATCH v1:
> - use the existing dma map/unmap ioctl interface with a flag to register a
>   reserved IOVA range. Use the legacy Rb to store this special vfio_dma.
> - a single reserved IOVA contiguous region now is allowed
> - use of an RB tree indexed by PA to store allocated reserved slots
> - use of a vfio_domain iova_domain to manage iova allocation within the
>   window provided by the userspace
> - vfio alloc_map/unmap_free take a vfio_group handle
> - vfio_group handle is cached in vfio_pci_device
> - add ref counting to bindings
> - user modality enabled at the end of the series
> 
> 
> Eric Auger (8):
>   iommu: Add iommu_domain_msi_geometry and DOMAIN_ATTR_MSI_GEOMETRY
>   iommu/arm-smmu: initialize the msi geometry and advertise iommu-msi
>     support
>   iommu: introduce an msi cookie
>   iommu/msi-iommu: initialization
>   iommu/msi-iommu: iommu_msi_[get,put]_doorbell_iova
>   iommu/msi-iommu: iommu_msi_domain
>   iommu/msi-iommu: iommu_msi_msg_pa_to_va
>   iommu/arm-smmu: get/put the msi cookie
> 
>  drivers/iommu/Kconfig       |   7 +
>  drivers/iommu/Makefile      |   1 +
>  drivers/iommu/arm-smmu-v3.c |  18 ++-
>  drivers/iommu/arm-smmu.c    |  18 ++-
>  drivers/iommu/iommu.c       |   5 +
>  drivers/iommu/msi-iommu.c   | 322 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/iommu.h       |  15 +++
>  include/linux/msi-iommu.h   | 144 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  8 files changed, 522 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/iommu/msi-iommu.c
>  create mode 100644 include/linux/msi-iommu.h
> 
> -- 
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