linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v3 08/17] iommufd: IOMMU_HWPT

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Date:   Mon, 31 Jul 2023 07:22:11 +0000
From:   "Liu, Yi L" <yi.l.liu@...el.com>
To:     Nicolin Chen <nicolinc@...dia.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
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Subject: RE: [PATCH v3 08/17] iommufd: IOMMU_HWPT_ALLOC allocation with user
 data

> From: Nicolin Chen <nicolinc@...dia.com>
> Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2023 3:10 AM
> 
> On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 02:55:57PM -0300, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 24, 2023 at 04:03:57AM -0700, Yi Liu wrote:
> >
> > > +	switch (pt_obj->type) {
> > > +	case IOMMUFD_OBJ_IOAS:
> > > +		ioas = container_of(pt_obj, struct iommufd_ioas, obj);
> > > +		break;
> > > +	case IOMMUFD_OBJ_HW_PAGETABLE:
> > > +		/* pt_id points HWPT only when hwpt_type
> is !IOMMU_HWPT_TYPE_DEFAULT */
> > > +		if (cmd->hwpt_type == IOMMU_HWPT_TYPE_DEFAULT) {
> > > +			rc = -EINVAL;
> > > +			goto out_put_pt;
> > > +		}
> > > +
> > > +		parent = container_of(pt_obj, struct iommufd_hw_pagetable, obj);
> > > +		/*
> > > +		 * Cannot allocate user-managed hwpt linking to auto_created
> > > +		 * hwpt. If the parent hwpt is already a user-managed hwpt,
> > > +		 * don't allocate another user-managed hwpt linking to it.
> > > +		 */
> > > +		if (parent->auto_domain || parent->parent) {
> > > +			rc = -EINVAL;
> > > +			goto out_put_pt;
> > > +		}
> > > +		ioas = parent->ioas;
> >
> > Why do we set ioas here? I would think it should be NULL.
> >
> > I think it is looking like a mistake to try and re-use
> > iommufd_hw_pagetable_alloc() directly for the nested case. It should
> > not have a IOAS argument, it should not do enforce_cc, or iopt_*
> > functions
> >
> > So must of the function is removed. Probably better to make a new
> > ioas-less function for the nesting case.
> 
> OK.
> 
> @Yi, along with the PATCH-6 (IOMMU_RESV_SW_MSI), I will rework
> on this -- mainly breaking up NESTED hwpt with IOAS.

Thanks. Then I'll address the hw_info comments first.

Regards,
Yi Liu