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Message-ID: <40d9b0fa-4a36-c3b7-53bb-4333ff89dc45@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Thu, 3 Aug 2023 12:05:37 +0800
From:   Baolu Lu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>
To:     "Tian, Kevin" <kevin.tian@...el.com>,
        "Liu, Yi L" <yi.l.liu@...el.com>,
        "joro@...tes.org" <joro@...tes.org>,
        "alex.williamson@...hat.com" <alex.williamson@...hat.com>,
        "jgg@...dia.com" <jgg@...dia.com>,
        "robin.murphy@....com" <robin.murphy@....com>
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        "eric.auger@...hat.com" <eric.auger@...hat.com>,
        "nicolinc@...dia.com" <nicolinc@...dia.com>,
        "kvm@...r.kernel.org" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        "mjrosato@...ux.ibm.com" <mjrosato@...ux.ibm.com>,
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        "lulu@...hat.com" <lulu@...hat.com>,
        "suravee.suthikulpanit@....com" <suravee.suthikulpanit@....com>,
        "iommu@...ts.linux.dev" <iommu@...ts.linux.dev>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Duan, Zhenzhong" <zhenzhong.duan@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 09/12] iommu/vt-d: Add iotlb flush for nested domain

On 2023/8/3 12:00, Tian, Kevin wrote:
>> From: Baolu Lu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, August 3, 2023 11:25 AM
>>
>> On 2023/8/2 15:46, Tian, Kevin wrote:
>>>> From: Liu, Yi L <yi.l.liu@...el.com>
>>>> Sent: Monday, July 24, 2023 7:14 PM
>>>>
>>>> +
>>>> +		spin_lock_irqsave(&dmar_domain->lock, flags);
>>>> +		list_for_each_entry(info, &dmar_domain->devices, link)
>>>> +			intel_nested_invalidate(info->dev, dmar_domain,
>>>> +						req->addr, req->npages);
>>>> +		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dmar_domain->lock, flags);
>>>
>>> Disabling interrupt while invalidating iotlb is certainly unacceptable.
>>>
>>> Actually there is no need to walk devices. Under dmar_domain there
>>> is already a list of attached iommu's.
>>
>> Walking device is only necessary when invalidating device TLB. For iotlb
>> invalidation, it only needs to know the iommu's.
>>
> 
> even for device tlb we may think whether there is any better way
> to avoid disabling interrupt. It's a slow path, especially in a guest.

I ever tried this. But some device drivers call iommu_unmap() in the
interrupt critical path. :-( So we have a long way to go.

Best regards,
baolu

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