linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 3/6] iommu: Improve iommu_iotlb

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Message-Id: <25B4DBA5-72A3-4122-8678-AF3500F5023E@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 15 Jun 2021 12:05:11 -0700
From:   Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@...il.com>
To:     Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>
Cc:     Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Jiajun Cao <caojiajun@...are.com>,
        Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>,
        iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/6] iommu: Improve iommu_iotlb_gather helpers



> On Jun 15, 2021, at 3:42 AM, Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com> wrote:
> 
> On 2021-06-07 19:25, Nadav Amit wrote:
>> From: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>
>> The Mediatek driver is not the only one which might want a basic
>> address-based gathering behaviour, so although it's arguably simple
>> enough to open-code, let's factor it out for the sake of cleanliness.
>> Let's also take this opportunity to document the intent of these
>> helpers for clarity.
>> Cc: Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>
>> Cc: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
>> Cc: Jiajun Cao <caojiajun@...are.com>
>> Cc: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>
>> Cc: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>
>> Cc: iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org
>> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
>> Signed-off-by: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>
> 
> Nit: missing your signoff.
> 
>> ---
>> Changes from Robin's version:
>> * Added iommu_iotlb_gather_add_range() stub !CONFIG_IOMMU_API
> 
> Out of curiosity, is there any config in which a stub is actually needed? Unlike iommu_iotlb_gather_init(), I would have thought that these helpers should only ever be called by driver code which already depends on IOMMU_API.

Indeed, this was only done as a defensive step.

I will remove it. I see no reason for it. Sorry for ruining your patch.