linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v4 04/15] vfio/type1: Report iommu nesting info to userspace

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Date:   Wed, 8 Jul 2020 08:08:40 +0000
From:   "Liu, Yi L" <yi.l.liu@...el.com>
To:     Auger Eric <eric.auger@...hat.com>,
        "alex.williamson@...hat.com" <alex.williamson@...hat.com>,
        "baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com" <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>,
        "joro@...tes.org" <joro@...tes.org>
CC:     "Tian, Kevin" <kevin.tian@...el.com>,
        "jacob.jun.pan@...ux.intel.com" <jacob.jun.pan@...ux.intel.com>,
        "Raj, Ashok" <ashok.raj@...el.com>,
        "Tian, Jun J" <jun.j.tian@...el.com>,
        "Sun, Yi Y" <yi.y.sun@...el.com>,
        "jean-philippe@...aro.org" <jean-philippe@...aro.org>,
        "peterx@...hat.com" <peterx@...hat.com>,
        "Wu, Hao" <hao.wu@...el.com>,
        "stefanha@...il.com" <stefanha@...il.com>,
        "iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org" <iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
        "kvm@...r.kernel.org" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v4 04/15] vfio/type1: Report iommu nesting info to
 userspace

Hi Alex,

Eric asked if we will to have data strcut other than struct iommu_nesting_info
type in the struct vfio_iommu_type1_info_cap_nesting @info[] field. I'm not
quit sure on it. I guess the answer may be not as VFIO's nesting support should
based on IOMMU UAPI. how about your opinion?

+#define VFIO_IOMMU_TYPE1_INFO_CAP_NESTING  3
+
+/*
+ * Reporting nesting info to user space.
+ *
+ * @info:	the nesting info provided by IOMMU driver. Today
+ *		it is expected to be a struct iommu_nesting_info
+ *		data.
+ */
+struct vfio_iommu_type1_info_cap_nesting {
+	struct	vfio_info_cap_header header;
+	__u32	flags;
+	__u32	padding;
+	__u8	info[];
+};

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-iommu/DM5PR11MB1435290B6CD561EC61027892C3690@DM5PR11MB1435.namprd11.prod.outlook.com/

Regards,
Yi Liu

> From: Liu, Yi L
> Sent: Tuesday, July 7, 2020 5:32 PM
> 
[...]
> > >
> > >>> +
> > >>> +/*
> > >>> + * Reporting nesting info to user space.
> > >>> + *
> > >>> + * @info:	the nesting info provided by IOMMU driver. Today
> > >>> + *		it is expected to be a struct iommu_nesting_info
> > >>> + *		data.
> > >> Is it expected to change?
> > >
> > > honestly, I'm not quite sure on it. I did considered to embed struct
> > > iommu_nesting_info here instead of using info[]. but I hesitated as
> > > using info[] may leave more flexibility on this struct. how about
> > > your opinion? perhaps it's fine to embed the struct
> > > iommu_nesting_info here as long as VFIO is setup nesting based on
> > > IOMMU UAPI.
> > >
> > >>> + */
> > >>> +struct vfio_iommu_type1_info_cap_nesting {
> > >>> +	struct	vfio_info_cap_header header;
> > >>> +	__u32	flags;
> > >> You may document flags.
> > >
> > > sure. it's reserved for future.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Yi Liu
> > >
> > >>> +	__u32	padding;
> > >>> +	__u8	info[];
> > >>> +};
> > >>> +
> > >>>  #define VFIO_IOMMU_GET_INFO _IO(VFIO_TYPE, VFIO_BASE + 12)
> > >>>
> > >>>  /**
> > >>>
> > >> Thanks
> > >>
> > >> Eric
> > >