linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 6/8] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Move CD table to arm_smmu

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Date:   Mon, 7 Aug 2023 19:41:49 -0300
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
To:     Michael Shavit <mshavit@...gle.com>
Cc:     iommu@...ts.linux.dev, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, will@...nel.org,
        robin.murphy@....com, nicolinc@...dia.com, jean-philippe@...aro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 6/8] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Move CD table to
 arm_smmu_master

On Mon, Aug 07, 2023 at 08:19:44PM +0800, Michael Shavit wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 4, 2023 at 2:47 AM Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I'm not surprised, I think arm_smmu_write_ctx is a little too clever
> > for its own good..
> >
> > I would have written it by computing the full target CD entry,
> > extracted directly from the domain.
> >
> 
> Yeah I was considering making a fix to arm_smmu_write_ctx instead; but
> clearing the CD entry on detach feels like the right thing to do.
> Relying on the 0th CD entry being re-written when the CD table is
> re-inserted feels fragile.
> 
> Perhaps re-writing arm_smmu_write_ctx could be considered as a
> separate singleton patch?

I wouldn't touch it in this series at least

Jason