linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 05/12] iommufd/hw_pagetable: Do not populate user-managed hw

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Date:   Fri, 10 Mar 2023 15:31:44 -0800
From:   Nicolin Chen <nicolinc@...dia.com>
To:     Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
CC:     Yi Liu <yi.l.liu@...el.com>, <joro@...tes.org>,
        <alex.williamson@...hat.com>, <kevin.tian@...el.com>,
        <robin.murphy@....com>, <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>,
        <cohuck@...hat.com>, <eric.auger@...hat.com>,
        <kvm@...r.kernel.org>, <mjrosato@...ux.ibm.com>,
        <chao.p.peng@...ux.intel.com>, <yi.y.sun@...ux.intel.com>,
        <peterx@...hat.com>, <jasowang@...hat.com>,
        <shameerali.kolothum.thodi@...wei.com>, <lulu@...hat.com>,
        <suravee.suthikulpanit@....com>, <iommu@...ts.linux.dev>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/12] iommufd/hw_pagetable: Do not populate user-managed
 hw_pagetables

On Fri, Mar 10, 2023 at 11:29:14AM -0400, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 09, 2023 at 12:09:03AM -0800, Yi Liu wrote:
> > From: Nicolin Chen <nicolinc@...dia.com>
> > 
> > A user-managed hw_pagetable does not need to get populated, since it is
> > managed by a guest OS. Move the iopt_table_add_domain and list_add_tail
> > calls into a helper, where the hwpt pointer will be redirected to its
> > hwpt->parent if it's available.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Nicolin Chen <nicolinc@...dia.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Yi Liu <yi.l.liu@...el.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/iommu/iommufd/hw_pagetable.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++--
> >  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/iommu/iommufd/hw_pagetable.c b/drivers/iommu/iommufd/hw_pagetable.c
> > index 16e92a1c150b..6e45ec0a66fa 100644
> > --- a/drivers/iommu/iommufd/hw_pagetable.c
> > +++ b/drivers/iommu/iommufd/hw_pagetable.c
> > @@ -43,6 +43,23 @@ int iommufd_hw_pagetable_enforce_cc(struct iommufd_hw_pagetable *hwpt)
> >  	return 0;
> >  }
> >  
> > +static int iommufd_hw_pagetable_link_ioas(struct iommufd_hw_pagetable *hwpt)
> > +{
> > +	int rc;
> > +
> > +	if (hwpt->parent)
> 
> This should be:
> 
>    hwpt->domain->type != IOMMU_DOMAIN_UNMANAGED
> 
> Ie if we asked the driver to alloc a domain and it allocated an
> UNMANAGED domain then it means IOMMUFD manages the mappings and it
> should be populated from the IOAS.

OK. That looks better to me.

> Arguably drivers should EOPNOTSUPP if presented with a parent in this
> situation, but still this code should be clear about the purpose.
> 
> > +		hwpt = hwpt->parent;
> 
> And we definately shouldn't touch the parent. That is already setup
> and owned by someone else. Just return and don't do anything.

Yes.

Nic