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 15:21:38 +0200
From:   Pierre Morel <pmorel@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Halil Pasic <pasic@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, borntraeger@...ibm.com,
        frankja@...ux.ibm.com, mst@...hat.com, jasowang@...hat.com,
        cohuck@...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 2020-06-18 00:29, Halil Pasic wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Jun 2020 12:43:57 +0200
> Pierre Morel <pmorel@...ux.ibm.com> wrote:
> 
>> An architecture protecting the guest memory against unauthorized host
>> access may want to enforce VIRTIO I/O device protection through the
>> use of VIRTIO_F_IOMMU_PLATFORM.
>>
>> Let's give a chance to the architecture to accept or not devices
>> without VIRTIO_F_IOMMU_PLATFORM.
>>
> [..]
> 
> 
> I'm still not really satisfied with your commit message, furthermore
> I did some thinking about the abstraction you introduce here. I will
> give a short analysis of that, but first things first. Your patch does
> the job of preventing calamity, and the details can be changed any time,
> thus:
> 
> Acked-by: Halil Pasic <pasic@...ux.ibm.com>

Thanks,

Connie already answered the other points you raised and I have nothing 
to add on it.

Regards,
Pierre


-- 
Pierre Morel
IBM Lab Boeblingen