linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 09/11] iommu/vt-d: Add iotlb flush for nested domain

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <9a482d0b-e2f3-116a-1feb-d0b49bc21554@intel.com>
Date:   Fri, 13 Oct 2023 20:56:52 +0800
From:   Yi Liu <yi.l.liu@...el.com>
To:     "Tian, Kevin" <kevin.tian@...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>,
        "baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com" <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>
CC:     "cohuck@...hat.com" <cohuck@...hat.com>,
        "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>,
        "chao.p.peng@...ux.intel.com" <chao.p.peng@...ux.intel.com>,
        "yi.y.sun@...ux.intel.com" <yi.y.sun@...ux.intel.com>,
        "peterx@...hat.com" <peterx@...hat.com>,
        "jasowang@...hat.com" <jasowang@...hat.com>,
        "shameerali.kolothum.thodi@...wei.com" 
        <shameerali.kolothum.thodi@...wei.com>,
        "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>,
        "Martins, Joao" <joao.m.martins@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 09/11] iommu/vt-d: Add iotlb flush for nested domain

On 2023/9/27 14:53, Tian, Kevin wrote:
>> From: Liu, Yi L <yi.l.liu@...el.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2023 3:54 PM
>> +
>> +	/* REVISIT:
>> +	 * VT-d has defined ITE, ICE, IQE for invalidation failure per hardware,
>> +	 * but no error code yet, so just set the error code to be 0.
>> +	 */
>> +	*cerror_idx = 0;
>> +
> 
> Is it "hardware doesn't provide error code now though it's defined in
> spec" or "intel-iommu driver doesn't retrieve the error code though
> it's provided by the hardware"?

I didn't see vtd spec defines error code for cache invalidation. :(

> 
> Is there guarantee that '0' isn't used for an existing error code or
> won't be used for any new error code later?

may need to check it.

-- 
Regards,
Yi Liu