linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] iommu/amd: Don't call early_amd_iommu

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Date:   Wed, 17 Mar 2021 14:32:35 +0100
From:   Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>
To:     David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Cc:     iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Huang Rui <ray.huang@....com>,
        Suravee Suthikulpanit <suravee.suthikulpanit@....com>,
        Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@....com>,
        Xiaojian Du <xiaojian.du@....com>,
        Joerg Roedel <jroedel@...e.de>, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] iommu/amd: Don't call early_amd_iommu_init() when
 AMD IOMMU is disabled

On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 11:47:11AM +0000, David Woodhouse wrote:
> If you've already moved the Stoney Ridge check out of the way, there's
> no real reason why you can't just set init_state=IOMMU_CMDLINE_DISABLED
> directly from parse_amd_iommu_options(), is there? Then you don't need
> the condition here at all?

True, there is even more room for optimization. The amd_iommu_disabled
variable can go away entirely, including its checks in
early_amd_iommu_init(). I will do a patch-set on-top of this for v5.13
which does more cleanups.

Thanks,

	Joerg