linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] iommu: amd: Fix IOMMU perf counter clobbering during init

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Date:   Tue, 21 Jan 2020 09:10:41 +0700
From:   Suravee Suthikulpanit <suravee.suthikulpanit@....com>
To:     Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
        Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iommu: amd: Fix IOMMU perf counter clobbering during init

On 1/17/2020 5:08 PM, Joerg Roedel wrote:
> Adding Suravee, who wrote the IOMMU Perf Counter code.
> 
> On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 08:12:20AM -0700, Shuah Khan wrote:
>> init_iommu_perf_ctr() clobbers the register when it checks write access
>> to IOMMU perf counters and fails to restore when they are writable.
>>
>> Add save and restore to fix it.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan<skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
>> ---
>>   drivers/iommu/amd_iommu_init.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++------
>>   1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> Suravee, can you please review this patch?
> 

This looks ok. Does this fix certain issues? Or is this just for sanity.

Reviewed-by: Suravee Suthikulpanit <suravee.suthikulpanit@....com>

Thanks,
Suravee