linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/7] vfio/pci: Use vfio_device_unmap_mapping

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Date:   Tue, 10 Aug 2021 16:20:12 -0400
From:   Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>
To:     Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>
Cc:     Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/7] vfio/pci: Use vfio_device_unmap_mapping_range()

On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 01:59:32PM -0600, Alex Williamson wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Aug 2021 14:48:31 -0400
> Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 11:07:35AM -0600, Alex Williamson wrote:
> > > @@ -1690,7 +1554,7 @@ static int vfio_pci_mmap(struct vfio_device *core_vdev, struct vm_area_struct *v
> > >  
> > >  	vma->vm_private_data = vdev;
> > >  	vma->vm_page_prot = pgprot_noncached(vma->vm_page_prot);
> > > -	vma->vm_pgoff = (pci_resource_start(pdev, index) >> PAGE_SHIFT) + pgoff;
> > > +	vma->vm_page_prot = pgprot_decrypted(vma->vm_page_prot);  
> > 
> > This addition seems to be an accident. :) Thanks,
> 
> Nope, Jason noted on a previous version that io_remap_pfn_range() is
> essentially:
> 
>   remap_pfn_range(vma, addr, pfn, size, pgprot_decrypted(prot));
> 
> So since we switched to vmf_insert_pfn() I added this page protection
> flag to the vma instead, then it gets removed later when we switch back
> to io_remap_pfn_range().  Thanks,

I see, I read it wrongly as pgprot_noncached() previously.  Yes, it makes sense
to do so.  Thanks,

-- 
Peter Xu