linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v13 09/13] iommu/sva: Refactoring iommu_sva_bind/unbind

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Message-ID: <ca854564-f231-1010-92e3-69acabde2bd1@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Fri, 23 Sep 2022 10:31:32 +0800
From:   Baolu Lu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
Cc:     baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com, Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        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>,
        Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...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>,
        Zhangfei Gao <zhangfei.gao@...aro.org>,
        Zhu Tony <tony.zhu@...el.com>, iommu@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jean-Philippe Brucker <jean-philippe@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v13 09/13] iommu/sva: Refactoring
 iommu_sva_bind/unbind_device()

On 2022/9/23 0:00, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 06, 2022 at 08:44:54PM +0800, Lu Baolu wrote:
> 
>> +/**
>> + * iommu_sva_bind_device() - Bind a process address space to a device
>> + * @dev: the device
>> + * @mm: the mm to bind, caller must hold a reference to mm_users
>> + *
>> + * Create a bond between device and address space, allowing the device to access
>> + * the mm using the returned PASID. If a bond already exists between @device and
>> + * @mm, it is returned and an additional reference is taken. Caller must call
>> + * iommu_sva_unbind_device() to release each reference.
>> + *
>> + * iommu_dev_enable_feature(dev, IOMMU_DEV_FEAT_SVA) must be called first, to
>> + * initialize the required SVA features.
> Thsi is something else that needs cleaning up. IOMMU_DEV_FEAT_SVA
> shouldn't exist.
> 
> We need to figure out an appropriate way to allow PRI. IMHO the domain
> attach should do this, domains that require PRI should be distinct
> from domains that don't. When a PRI domain is attached the HW should
> be enabled to do PRI. The domain itself should carry the fault ops/etc
> that the caller supplies to respond to the PRI.
> 
> That is something to address in the PRI series though..

 From Intel IOMMU driver's point of view, with above done,
IOMMU_DEV_FEAT_SVA could be removed. However, it will take more time to
consider other needs.

> 
> Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe<jgg@...dia.com>

Best regards,
baolu