linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 06/11] PCI: portdrv: Set driver_managed_dma

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Date:   Mon, 28 Feb 2022 13:56:28 -0600
From:   Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>
To:     Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
        Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>,
        Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@...el.com>,
        Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@...el.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        rafael@...nel.org, David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
        Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
        Diana Craciun <diana.craciun@....nxp.com>,
        Dmitry Osipenko <digetx@...il.com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Stuart Yoder <stuyoder@...il.com>,
        Jonathan Hunter <jonathanh@...dia.com>,
        Chaitanya Kulkarni <kch@...dia.com>,
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        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Li Yang <leoyang.li@....com>,
        iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        Jacob jun Pan <jacob.jun.pan@...el.com>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 06/11] PCI: portdrv: Set driver_managed_dma

On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 08:50:51AM +0800, Lu Baolu wrote:
> If a switch lacks ACS P2P Request Redirect, a device below the switch can
> bypass the IOMMU and DMA directly to other devices below the switch, so
> all the downstream devices must be in the same IOMMU group as the switch
> itself.
> 
> The existing VFIO framework allows the portdrv driver to be bound to the
> bridge while its downstream devices are assigned to user space. The
> pci_dma_configure() marks the IOMMU group as containing only devices
> with kernel drivers that manage DMA. Avoid this default behavior for the
> portdrv driver in order for compatibility with the current VFIO usage.

It would be nice to explicitly say here how we can look at portdrv
(and pci_stub) and conclude that ".driver_managed_dma = true" is safe.

Otherwise I won't know what kind of future change to portdrv might
make it unsafe.

> Suggested-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
> Suggested-by: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>

Acked-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>

> ---
>  drivers/pci/pcie/portdrv_pci.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/pcie/portdrv_pci.c b/drivers/pci/pcie/portdrv_pci.c
> index 35eca6277a96..6b2adb678c21 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/pcie/portdrv_pci.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/pcie/portdrv_pci.c
> @@ -202,6 +202,8 @@ static struct pci_driver pcie_portdriver = {
>  
>  	.err_handler	= &pcie_portdrv_err_handler,
>  
> +	.driver_managed_dma = true,
> +
>  	.driver.pm	= PCIE_PORTDRV_PM_OPS,
>  };
>  
> -- 
> 2.25.1
> 
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