linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] iommu: add support for drivers that manage iommu explicitly

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Date:   Mon, 22 Jul 2019 08:41:34 -0700
From:   Rob Clark <robdclark@...il.com>
To:     Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>
Cc:     "list@....net:IOMMU DRIVERS <iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org>, Joerg
        Roedel <joro@...tes.org>," <iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
        linux-arm-msm <linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org>,
        aarch64-laptops@...ts.linaro.org,
        Rob Clark <robdclark@...omium.org>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
        Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>,
        Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>,
        Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        "moderated list:ARM/FREESCALE IMX / MXC ARM ARCHITECTURE" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] iommu: add support for drivers that manage iommu explicitly

On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 7:28 AM Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 11:28:30AM -0700, Rob Clark wrote:
> > --- a/include/linux/device.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/device.h
> > @@ -282,7 +282,8 @@ struct device_driver {
> >       struct module           *owner;
> >       const char              *mod_name;      /* used for built-in modules */
> >
> > -     bool suppress_bind_attrs;       /* disables bind/unbind via sysfs */
> > +     bool suppress_bind_attrs:1;     /* disables bind/unbind via sysfs */
> > +     bool driver_manages_iommu:1;    /* driver manages IOMMU explicitly */
>
> Who will set this bit?
>

It is set by the driver:

https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/315291/

(This doesn't really belong in devicetree, since it isn't a
description of the hardware, so the driver is really the only place to
set this.. which is fine because it is about a detail of how the
driver works.)

BR,
-R