linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/5] swiotlb: Add is_swiotlb

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Date:   Wed, 23 Jan 2019 22:27:55 +0100
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>
Cc:     "Michael S . Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
        Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
        Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org, jfehlig@...e.com,
        jon.grimm@....com, brijesh.singh@....com, jroedel@...e.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] swiotlb: Add is_swiotlb_active() function

On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 05:30:46PM +0100, Joerg Roedel wrote:
> +bool is_swiotlb_active(void)
> +{
> +	return !no_iotlb_memory;
> +}

As I've just introduced and fixed a bug in this area in the current
cycle - I don't think no_iotlb_memory is what your want (and maybe
not useful at all): if the arch valls swiotlb_exit after previously
initializing a buffer it won't be set.  You probably want to check
for non-zero io_tlb_start and/or io_tlb_end.