linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] iommu/vt-d: Remove INTEL_IOMMU_BROKEN_GFX

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Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2024 22:03:05 -0800
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
	Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>, Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
	Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@...el.com>, iommu@...ts.linux.dev,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] iommu/vt-d: Remove INTEL_IOMMU_BROKEN_GFX_WA

On Sat, Jan 27, 2024 at 02:45:12PM +0800, Lu Baolu wrote:
> Commit 62edf5dc4a524 ("intel-iommu: Restore DMAR_BROKEN_GFX_WA option for
> broken graphics drivers") was introduced 24 years ago as a temporary
> workaround for graphics drivers that used physical addresses for DMA and
> avoided DMA APIs. This workaround was disabled by default.
> 
> As 24 years have passed, it is expected that graphics driver developers
> have migrated their drivers to use kernel DMA APIs. Therefore, this
> workaround is no longer required and could been removed.

How about you Cc the intel graphics maintainers and get a confirmation?