linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 5/5] iommu/vt-d: Avoid unnecessary cache flush in pasid entry teardown

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Date:   Sat, 20 Mar 2021 10:54:15 +0800
From:   Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
Cc:     iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 5/5] iommu/vt-d: Avoid unnecessary cache flush in pasid entry teardown

When a present pasid entry is disassembled, all kinds of pasid related
caches need to be flushed. But when a pasid entry is not being used
(PRESENT bit not set), we don't need to do this. Check the PRESENT bit
in intel_pasid_tear_down_entry() and avoid flushing caches if it's not
set.

Signed-off-by: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>
---
 drivers/iommu/intel/pasid.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/iommu/intel/pasid.c b/drivers/iommu/intel/pasid.c
index dd69df5a188a..7a73385edcc0 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/intel/pasid.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/intel/pasid.c
@@ -502,6 +502,9 @@ void intel_pasid_tear_down_entry(struct intel_iommu *iommu, struct device *dev,
 	if (WARN_ON(!pte))
 		return;
 
+	if (!(pte->val[0] & PASID_PTE_PRESENT))
+		return;
+
 	did = pasid_get_domain_id(pte);
 	intel_pasid_clear_entry(dev, pasid, fault_ignore);
 
-- 
2.25.1