linux-kernel - Re: [Patch V2 0/2] iommu/arm-smmu: Fix races in iommu domain/group creation

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Date:   Mon, 2 Aug 2021 16:16:07 +0100
From:   Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
To:     Ashish Mhetre <amhetre@...dia.com>
Cc:     robin.murphy@....com, vdumpa@...dia.com,
        iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [Patch V2 0/2] iommu/arm-smmu: Fix races in iommu domain/group
 creation

On Fri, Jun 18, 2021 at 02:00:35AM +0530, Ashish Mhetre wrote:
> Multiple iommu domains and iommu groups are getting created for the devices
> sharing same SID. It is expected for devices sharing same SID to be in same
> iommu group and same iommu domain.
> This is leading to context faults when one device is accessing IOVA from
> other device which shouldn't be the case for devices sharing same SID.
> Fix this by protecting iommu domain and iommu group creation with mutexes.

Robin -- any chance you could take a look at these, please? You had some
comments on the first version which convinced me that they are needed,
but I couldn't tell whether you wanted to solve this a different way or not.

Cheers,

Will