linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/5] iommu/vt-d: Preset A/D bits for user space DMA usage

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Date:   Tue, 20 Jul 2021 09:38:54 +0800
From:   Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
        Sanjay Kumar <sanjay.k.kumar@...el.com>,
        Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@...el.com>,
        Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@...el.com>,
        Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@...ux.intel.com>,
        Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>,
        Liu Yi L <yi.l.liu@...el.com>
Cc:     iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/5] iommu/vt-d: Preset A/D bits for user space DMA usage

We preset the access and dirty bits for IOVA over first level usage only
for the kernel DMA (i.e., when domain type is IOMMU_DOMAIN_DMA). We should
also preset the FL A/D for user space DMA usage. The idea is that even the
user space A/D bit memory write is unnecessary. We should avoid it to
minimize the overhead.

Suggested-by: Sanjay Kumar <sanjay.k.kumar@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>
---
 drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.c | 10 +++-------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.c
index 1131b8efb050..f45c80ce2381 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.c
@@ -2339,13 +2339,9 @@ __domain_mapping(struct dmar_domain *domain, unsigned long iov_pfn,
 	attr = prot & (DMA_PTE_READ | DMA_PTE_WRITE | DMA_PTE_SNP);
 	attr |= DMA_FL_PTE_PRESENT;
 	if (domain_use_first_level(domain)) {
-		attr |= DMA_FL_PTE_XD | DMA_FL_PTE_US;
-
-		if (domain->domain.type == IOMMU_DOMAIN_DMA) {
-			attr |= DMA_FL_PTE_ACCESS;
-			if (prot & DMA_PTE_WRITE)
-				attr |= DMA_FL_PTE_DIRTY;
-		}
+		attr |= DMA_FL_PTE_XD | DMA_FL_PTE_US | DMA_FL_PTE_ACCESS;
+		if (prot & DMA_PTE_WRITE)
+			attr |= DMA_FL_PTE_DIRTY;
 	}
 
 	pteval = ((phys_addr_t)phys_pfn << VTD_PAGE_SHIFT) | attr;
-- 
2.25.1