linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 4/7] iommufd: Support attach/replace for SIOV virtual device {dev, pasid}

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Message-ID: <3ce6d22c-0d52-45f9-b77c-5e7991fdd69a@intel.com>
Date:   Thu, 9 Nov 2023 16:21:10 +0800
From:   Yi Liu <yi.l.liu@...el.com>
To:     "Tian, Kevin" <kevin.tian@...el.com>,
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Subject: Re: [RFC 4/7] iommufd: Support attach/replace for SIOV virtual device
 {dev, pasid}

On 2023/10/10 16:24, Tian, Kevin wrote:
>> From: Liu, Yi L <yi.l.liu@...el.com>
>> Sent: Monday, October 9, 2023 4:51 PM
>>
>> From: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@...el.com>
>>
>> SIOV devices allows driver to tag different PASIDs for the virtual devices
>> within it. Such driver should call iommufd_device_bind_pasid() to connect
>> the pasid of the device to iommufd, and then driver is able to attach the
>> virtual device to IOAS/HWPT with the iommufd_device_attach() API.
>>
>> Unlike physical devices, for SIOV virtual devices, iommufd_device_attach()
>> eventually uses the idev->default_pasid when the virtual device is attached
> 
> s/default_pasid/rid_pasid/? or just call it idev->pasid. 'default' adds slight
> confusion instead...

then let's use rid_pasid as it is used as vRID for virtual device.

>> to an IOAS/HWPT. Also, there is no need to do immediate_attach per iommu
>> domain allocation in the attach/replace path if any iommu domain allocation
>> happens since the attach/replace is eventually pasid attach/replace.
> 
> immediate_attach rationale belongs to earlier pasid attach series when
> iommufd_device_pasid_attach() was introduced. Not here.
> 

sure, will drop it.

-- 
Regards,
Yi Liu