linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] iommu/amd: Do not flush IRTE when only updating isRun and destination fields

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Date:   Wed, 18 Oct 2023 11:37:51 +0530
From:   Vasant Hegde <vasant.hegde@....com>
To:     Suravee Suthikulpanit <suravee.suthikulpanit@....com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, iommu@...ts.linux.dev
Cc:     joro@...tes.org, mlevitsk@...hat.com, seanjc@...gle.com,
        jon.grimm@....com, santosh.shukla@....com,
        joao.m.martins@...cle.com, alejandro.j.jimenez@...cle.com,
        boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iommu/amd: Do not flush IRTE when only updating isRun and
 destination fields



On 10/17/2023 8:12 PM, Suravee Suthikulpanit wrote:
> According to the recent update in the AMD IOMMU spec [1], the IsRun and
> Destination fields of the Interrupt Remapping Table Entry (IRTE) are not
> cached by the IOMMU hardware.
> 
> Therefore, do not issue the INVALIDATE_INTERRUPT_TABLE command when
> updating IRTE[IsRun] and IRTE[Destination] when IRTE[GuestMode]=1, which
> should help improve IOMMU AVIC/x2AVIC performance.
> 
> References:
> [1] AMD IOMMU Spec Revision (Rev 3.08-PUB)
> (Link: https://www.amd.com/content/dam/amd/en/documents/processor-tech-docs/specifications/48882_IOMMU.pdf)
> 
> Cc: Joao Martins <joao.m.martins@...cle.com>
> Cc: Alejandro Jimenez <alejandro.j.jimenez@...cle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Suravee Suthikulpanit <suravee.suthikulpanit@....com>

Looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Vasant Hegde <vasant.hegde@....com>

-Vasant


> ---
>  drivers/iommu/amd/iommu.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/iommu/amd/iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/amd/iommu.c
> index 089886485895..d63590563d3e 100644
> --- a/drivers/iommu/amd/iommu.c
> +++ b/drivers/iommu/amd/iommu.c
> @@ -2970,8 +2970,8 @@ static int alloc_irq_index(struct amd_iommu *iommu, u16 devid, int count,
>  	return index;
>  }
>  
> -static int modify_irte_ga(struct amd_iommu *iommu, u16 devid, int index,
> -			  struct irte_ga *irte)
> +static int __modify_irte_ga(struct amd_iommu *iommu, u16 devid, int index,
> +			    struct irte_ga *irte)
>  {
>  	struct irq_remap_table *table;
>  	struct irte_ga *entry;
> @@ -2998,6 +2998,18 @@ static int modify_irte_ga(struct amd_iommu *iommu, u16 devid, int index,
>  
>  	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&table->lock, flags);
>  
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static int modify_irte_ga(struct amd_iommu *iommu, u16 devid, int index,
> +			  struct irte_ga *irte)
> +{
> +	bool ret;
> +
> +	ret = __modify_irte_ga(iommu, devid, index, irte);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
> +
>  	iommu_flush_irt_and_complete(iommu, devid);
>  
>  	return 0;
> @@ -3681,8 +3693,8 @@ int amd_iommu_update_ga(int cpu, bool is_run, void *data)
>  	}
>  	entry->lo.fields_vapic.is_run = is_run;
>  
> -	return modify_irte_ga(ir_data->iommu, ir_data->irq_2_irte.devid,
> -			      ir_data->irq_2_irte.index, entry);
> +	return __modify_irte_ga(ir_data->iommu, ir_data->irq_2_irte.devid,
> +				ir_data->irq_2_irte.index, entry);
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(amd_iommu_update_ga);
>  #endif