linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/8] iommu/vt-d: Remove IOVA handling code from non-dma

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Date:   Fri, 20 Mar 2020 15:06:24 +0800
From:   Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Tom Murphy <murphyt7@....ie>, iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/8] iommu/vt-d: Remove IOVA handling code from
 non-dma_ops path

On 2020/3/20 14:30, Tom Murphy wrote:
> Could we merge patch 1-3 from this series? it just cleans up weird
> code and merging these patches will cover some of the work needed to
> move the intel iommu driver to the dma-iommu api in the future.

Can you please take a look at this patch series?

https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/3/13/1162

It probably makes this series easier.

Best regards,
baolu

> 
> On Sat, 21 Dec 2019 at 07:04, Tom Murphy<murphyt7@....ie>  wrote:
>> Remove all IOVA handling code from the non-dma_ops path in the intel
>> iommu driver.
>>
>> There's no need for the non-dma_ops path to keep track of IOVAs. The
>> whole point of the non-dma_ops path is that it allows the IOVAs to be
>> handled separately. The IOVA handling code removed in this patch is
>> pointless.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Tom Murphy<murphyt7@....ie>