linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] s390: virtio: let arch accept devices without IOMMU feature

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Date:   Mon, 29 Jun 2020 15:15:49 +0200
From:   Pierre Morel <pmorel@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Halil Pasic <pasic@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Cornelia Huck <cohuck@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, borntraeger@...ibm.com,
        frankja@...ux.ibm.com, mst@...hat.com, jasowang@...hat.com,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, thomas.lendacky@....com,
        david@...son.dropbear.id.au, linuxram@...ibm.com,
        heiko.carstens@...ibm.com, gor@...ux.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] s390: virtio: let arch accept devices without
 IOMMU feature



On 2020-06-19 14:02, Halil Pasic wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Jun 2020 11:20:51 +0200
> Cornelia Huck <cohuck@...hat.com> wrote:
> 
>>>> +	if (arch_needs_virtio_iommu_platform(dev) &&
>>>> +		!virtio_has_feature(dev, VIRTIO_F_IOMMU_PLATFORM)) {
>>>> +		dev_warn(&dev->dev,
>>>> +			 "virtio: device must provide VIRTIO_F_IOMMU_PLATFORM\n");
>>>
>>> I'm not sure, divulging the current Linux name of this feature bit is a
>>> good idea, but if everybody else is fine with this, I don't care that
>>
>> Not sure if that feature name will ever change, as it is exported in
>> headers. At most, we might want to add the new ACCESS_PLATFORM define
>> and keep the old one, but that would still mean some churn.
>>
>>> much. An alternative would be:
>>> "virtio: device falsely claims to have full access to the memory,
>>> aborting the device"
>>
>> "virtio: device does not work with limited memory access" ?
>>
>> But no issue with keeping the current message.
> 
> I think I prefer Conny's version, but no strong feelings here.
> 


The reason why the device is not accepted without IOMMU_PLATFORM is arch 
specific, I think it should be clearly stated.
If no strong oposition...

Thanks,
Pierre


-- 
Pierre Morel
IBM Lab Boeblingen