linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 06/19] drivers core: Add I/O ASID allocator

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Date:   Tue, 23 Apr 2019 23:19:03 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        Eric Auger <eric.auger@...hat.com>,
        Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>,
        Jean-Philippe Brucker <jean-philippe.brucker@....com>,
        Yi Liu <yi.l.liu@...el.com>,
        "Tian, Kevin" <kevin.tian@...el.com>,
        Raj Ashok <ashok.raj@...el.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andriy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 06/19] drivers core: Add I/O ASID allocator

On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 04:31:06PM -0700, Jacob Pan wrote:
> The allocator doesn't really belong in drivers/iommu because some
> drivers would like to allocate PASIDs for devices that aren't managed by
> an IOMMU, using the same ID space as IOMMU. It doesn't really belong in
> drivers/pci either since platform device also support PASID. Add the
> allocator in drivers/base.

I'd still add it to drivers/iommu, just selectable separately from the
core iommu code..