linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 2/4] iommufd: Add iommufd_access

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Message-ID: <ZMO0U/agT3uj8J7A@nvidia.com>
Date:   Fri, 28 Jul 2023 09:28:03 -0300
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
To:     "Tian, Kevin" <kevin.tian@...el.com>
Cc:     Nicolin Chen <nicolinc@...dia.com>,
        "alex.williamson@...hat.com" <alex.williamson@...hat.com>,
        "Liu, Yi L" <yi.l.liu@...el.com>,
        "joro@...tes.org" <joro@...tes.org>,
        "will@...nel.org" <will@...nel.org>,
        "robin.murphy@....com" <robin.murphy@....com>,
        "shuah@...nel.org" <shuah@...nel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "iommu@...ts.linux.dev" <iommu@...ts.linux.dev>,
        "kvm@...r.kernel.org" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org>,
        "mjrosato@...ux.ibm.com" <mjrosato@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "farman@...ux.ibm.com" <farman@...ux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 2/4] iommufd: Add iommufd_access_replace() API

On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 06:20:56AM +0000, Tian, Kevin wrote:

> But this does imply inconsistent behavior between success and failure.
> Not sure whether it's worth a fix e.g. introducing another notifier for
> mdev drivers to re-pin...

After unmap drivers should re-establish their DMA mappings when they
are next required. It is a mdev driver bug if they don't do this..

Jason