linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v4 01/17] iommu: Add hwpt_type with user_data for domain_alloc

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Date:   Tue, 26 Sep 2023 06:37:55 +0000
From:   "Tian, Kevin" <kevin.tian@...el.com>
To:     Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>,
        Baolu Lu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>
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Subject: RE: [PATCH v4 01/17] iommu: Add hwpt_type with user_data for
 domain_alloc_user op

> From: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>
> Sent: Friday, September 22, 2023 5:48 PM
> 
> I could go on enjoying myself, but basically yeah, "default" can't be a
> type in itself (at best it would be a meta-type which could be
> requested, such that it resolves to some real type to actually
> allocate), so a good name should reflect what the type functionally
> *means* to the user. IIUC the important distinction is that it's an
> abstract kernel-owned pagetable for the user to indirectly control via
> the API, rather than one it owns and writes directly (and thus has to be
> in a specific agreed format).
> 

IOMMU_HWPT_TYPE_KERNEL then?

IOMMU_HWPT_TYPE_GENERIC also doesn't sound a straight word.