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Message-ID: <20210316080051.GD15949@lst.de>
Date:   Tue, 16 Mar 2021 09:00:52 +0100
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        Stephen Bates <sbates@...thlin.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
        Christian König <christian.koenig@....com>,
        Ira Weiny <iweiny@...el.com>,
        John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>,
        Don Dutile <ddutile@...hat.com>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>,
        Jakowski Andrzej <andrzej.jakowski@...el.com>,
        Minturn Dave B <dave.b.minturn@...el.com>,
        Jason Ekstrand <jason@...kstrand.net>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Xiong Jianxin <jianxin.xiong@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 09/11] block: Add BLK_STS_P2PDMA

On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 04:31:39PM -0700, Logan Gunthorpe wrote:
> Create a specific error code for when P2PDMA pages are passed to a block
> devices that cannot map them (due to no IOMMU support or ACS protections).
> 
> This makes request errors in these cases more informative of as to what
> caused the error.

I really don't think we should bother with a specific error code here,
we don't add a new status for every single possible logic error in the
caller.

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