linux-kernel - Re: [REWORKED PATCH 1/1] iommu/vt-d: Preset Access/Dirty bits for IOVA over FL

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Message-ID: <YKIWS0lFKTcZ9094@kroah.com>
Date:   Mon, 17 May 2021 09:07:55 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     sashal@...nel.org, ashok.raj@...el.com, jroedel@...e.de,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [REWORKED PATCH 1/1] iommu/vt-d: Preset Access/Dirty bits for
 IOVA over FL

On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 11:49:13AM +0800, Lu Baolu wrote:
> [ Upstream commit a8ce9ebbecdfda3322bbcece6b3b25888217f8e3 ]
> 
> The Access/Dirty bits in the first level page table entry will be set
> whenever a page table entry was used for address translation or write
> permission was successfully translated. This is always true when using
> the first-level page table for kernel IOVA. Instead of wasting hardware
> cycles to update the certain bits, it's better to set them up at the
> beginning.
> 
> Suggested-by: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210115004202.953965-1-baolu.lu@linux.intel.com
> Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <jroedel@...e.de>
> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
> ---
>  drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
>  include/linux/intel-iommu.h |  2 ++
>  2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> [Note:
> - This is a reworked patch of
>   https://lore.kernel.org/stable/20210512144819.664462530@linuxfoundation.org/T/#m65267f0a0091c2fcbde097cea91089775908faad.
> - It aims to fix a reported issue of
>   https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=213077.
> - Please help to review and test.]

What stable tree(s) is this supposed to be for?

thanks,

greg k-h