linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v11 1/1] vfio/nvgpu: Add vfio pci variant module for grace hopper

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Date:   Sun, 8 Oct 2023 07:06:41 +0700
From:   Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>
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        <alex.williamson@...hat.com>, <yishaih@...dia.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v11 1/1] vfio/nvgpu: Add vfio pci variant module for
 grace hopper

On Sun, Oct 08, 2023 at 01:52:54AM +0530, ankita@...dia.com wrote:
> PCI BAR are aligned to the power-of-2, but the actual memory on the
> device may not. A read or write access to the physical address from the
> last device PFN up to the next power-of-2 aligned physical address
> results in reading ~0 and dropped writes.
> 

Reading garbage or padding in that case?

Confused...

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