linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 10/11] iommu: Per-domain I/O page fault handling

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Message-ID: <bf2ae213-b938-2550-b367-f548fc755e99@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Wed, 29 Jun 2022 08:24:49 +0800
From:   Baolu Lu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Jean-Philippe Brucker <jean-philippe@...aro.org>
Cc:     baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com,
        Ethan Zhao <haifeng.zhao@...ux.intel.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@...el.com>,
        Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@...el.com>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>,
        Jean-Philippe Brucker <jean-philippe@...aro.com>,
        Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>,
        Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>,
        Eric Auger <eric.auger@...hat.com>,
        Liu Yi L <yi.l.liu@...el.com>,
        Jacob jun Pan <jacob.jun.pan@...el.com>,
        iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org, iommu@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 10/11] iommu: Per-domain I/O page fault handling

On 2022/6/28 22:20, Jean-Philippe Brucker wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 07:53:39PM +0800, Baolu Lu wrote:
>>>>> Once the iopf_handle_single() is removed, the name of
>>>>> iopf_handle_group() looks a little weired
>>>>>
>>>>> and confused, does this group mean the iommu group (domain) ?
>>>>> while I take some minutes to
>>>>
>>>> No. This is not the iommu group. It's page request group defined by the
>>>> PCI SIG spec. Multiple page requests could be put in a group with a
>>>> same group id. All page requests in a group could be responded to device
>>>> in one shot.
>>>
>>> Thanks your explaination, understand the concept of PCIe PRG.  I meant
>>>
>>> do we still have the necessity to mention the "group" here in the name
>>>
>>> iopf_handle_group(),  which one is better ? iopf_handle_prg() or
>>>
>>> iopf_handler(),  perhaps none of them ? :)
>>
>> Oh! Sorry for the misunderstanding.
>>
>> I have no strong feeling to change this naming. :-) All the names
>> express what the helper does. Jean is the author of this framework. If
>> he has the same idea as you, I don't mind renaming it in this patch.
> 
> I'm not attached to the name, and I see how it could be confusing. Given
> that io-pgfault is not only for PCIe, 'prg' is not the best here either.
> iopf_handle_faults(), or just iopf_handler(), seem more suitable.

Okay, so I will rename it to iopf_handle_faults() in this patch.

Best regards,
baolu