linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 0/4] Virtio uses DMA API for all devices

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Message-ID: <20180807063201.GB23159@infradead.org>
Date:   Mon, 6 Aug 2018 23:32:01 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Cc:     Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Anshuman Khandual <khandual@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
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Subject: Re: [RFC 0/4] Virtio uses DMA API for all devices

On Tue, Aug 07, 2018 at 02:45:25AM +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > > I think that's where Christoph might have specific ideas about it.
> > 
> > OK well, assuming Christoph can solve the direct case in a way that
> > also work for the virtio !iommu case, we still want some bit of logic
> > somewhere that will "switch" to swiotlb based ops if the DMA mask is
> > limited.
> > 
> > You mentioned an RFC for that ? Do you happen to have a link ?
> 
> No but Christoph did I think.

Do you mean the direct map retpoline mitigation?  It is here:

https://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg495413.html

https://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg495785.html