linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] iommu/amd: Increase interrupt remapping table limit to 512 entries

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Date:   Tue, 01 Dec 2020 16:53:25 -0700
From:   Jerry Snitselaar <jsnitsel@...hat.com>
To:     Suravee Suthikulpanit <suravee.suthikulpanit@....com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iommu/amd: Increase interrupt remapping table limit to
 512 entries


Suravee Suthikulpanit @ 2020-10-14 19:50 MST:

> Certain device drivers allocate IO queues on a per-cpu basis.
> On AMD EPYC platform, which can support up-to 256 cpu threads,
> this can exceed the current MAX_IRQ_PER_TABLE limit of 256,
> and result in the error message:
>
>     AMD-Vi: Failed to allocate IRTE
>
> This has been observed with certain NVME devices.
>
> AMD IOMMU hardware can actually support upto 512 interrupt
> remapping table entries. Therefore, update the driver to
> match the hardware limit.
>
> Please note that this also increases the size of interrupt remapping
> table to 8KB per device when using the 128-bit IRTE format.
>
> Signed-off-by: Suravee Suthikulpanit <suravee.suthikulpanit@....com>
> ---
>  drivers/iommu/amd/amd_iommu_types.h | 6 +++++-
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/iommu/amd/amd_iommu_types.h b/drivers/iommu/amd/amd_iommu_types.h
> index 30a5d412255a..427484c45589 100644
> --- a/drivers/iommu/amd/amd_iommu_types.h
> +++ b/drivers/iommu/amd/amd_iommu_types.h
> @@ -406,7 +406,11 @@ extern bool amd_iommu_np_cache;
>  /* Only true if all IOMMUs support device IOTLBs */
>  extern bool amd_iommu_iotlb_sup;
>  
> -#define MAX_IRQS_PER_TABLE	256
> +/*
> + * AMD IOMMU hardware only support 512 IRTEs despite
> + * the architectural limitation of 2048 entries.
> + */
> +#define MAX_IRQS_PER_TABLE	512
>  #define IRQ_TABLE_ALIGNMENT	128
>  
>  struct irq_remap_table {

With this change should DTE_IRQ_TABLE_LEN be changed to 9? IIUC the spec
correctly leaving it at 8 is saying the table is 256 entries long.

Regards,
Jerry