linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/7] iommu: Use right way to retrieve iommu

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Date:   Mon, 24 Jan 2022 01:32:13 -0800
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Ben Skeggs <bskeggs@...hat.com>,
        Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@...el.com>,
        Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@...el.com>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>,
        Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>,
        Eric Auger <eric.auger@...hat.com>,
        Liu Yi L <yi.l.liu@...el.com>,
        Jacob jun Pan <jacob.jun.pan@...el.com>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
        Jonathan Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com>,
        iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/7] iommu: Use right way to retrieve iommu_ops

On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 03:11:01PM +0800, Lu Baolu wrote:
> The common iommu_ops is hooked to both device and domain. When a helper
> has both device and domain pointer, the way to get the iommu_ops looks
> messy in iommu core. This sorts out the way to get iommu_ops. The device
> related helpers go through device pointer, while the domain related ones
> go through domain pointer.

Ugg. This really sounds like we should have a different structures for
each set of ops?