linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 01/10] iommu/vt-d: Introduce native SVM capable flag

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Message-ID: <efe5a47d-1209-2c09-bc66-b1ebbc671439@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Tue, 19 Nov 2019 10:55:29 +0800
From:   Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@...ux.intel.com>,
        Auger Eric <eric.auger@...hat.com>
Cc:     baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com, iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        "Tian, Kevin" <kevin.tian@...el.com>,
        Raj Ashok <ashok.raj@...el.com>, Yi Liu <yi.l.liu@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 01/10] iommu/vt-d: Introduce native SVM capable flag

Hi,

On 11/19/19 5:48 AM, Jacob Pan wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Nov 2019 21:33:53 +0100
> Auger Eric <eric.auger@...hat.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Jacob,
>>
>> On 11/18/19 8:42 PM, Jacob Pan wrote:
>>> Shared Virtual Memory(SVM) is based on a collective set of hardware
>>> features detected at runtime. There are requirements for matching
>>> CPU and IOMMU capabilities.
>>>
>>> This patch introduces a flag which will be used to mark and test the
>>> capability of SVM.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@...ux.intel.com>
>>> Acked-by: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>
>>> ---
>>>   include/linux/intel-iommu.h | 1 +
>>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/include/linux/intel-iommu.h
>>> b/include/linux/intel-iommu.h index ed11ef594378..63118991824c
>>> 100644 --- a/include/linux/intel-iommu.h
>>> +++ b/include/linux/intel-iommu.h
>>> @@ -433,6 +433,7 @@ enum {
>>>   
>>>   #define VTD_FLAG_TRANS_PRE_ENABLED	(1 << 0)
>>>   #define VTD_FLAG_IRQ_REMAP_PRE_ENABLED	(1 << 1)
>>> +#define VTD_FLAG_SVM_CAPABLE		(1 << 2)
>>
>> I think I would rather squash this into the next patch as there is no
>> user here.
>>
> Sure, I don't have strong preference. Baolu, what is your call?

It's okay for me.

Best regards,
baolu