netdev - Re: [PATCH] vhost: introduce vDPA based backend

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Date:   Wed, 5 Feb 2020 10:05:55 +0800
From:   Tiwei Bie <tiwei.bie@...el.com>
To:     Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
Cc:     "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
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        maxime.coquelin@...hat.com, lingshan.zhu@...el.com,
        dan.daly@...el.com, cunming.liang@...el.com, zhihong.wang@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vhost: introduce vDPA based backend

On Tue, Feb 04, 2020 at 02:46:16PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> On 2020/2/4 下午2:01, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 04, 2020 at 11:30:11AM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> > > 5) generate diffs of memory table and using IOMMU API to setup the dma
> > > mapping in this method
> > Frankly I think that's a bunch of work. Why not a MAP/UNMAP interface?
> > 
> 
> Sure, so that basically VHOST_IOTLB_UPDATE/INVALIDATE I think?

Do you mean we let userspace to only use VHOST_IOTLB_UPDATE/INVALIDATE
to do the DMA mapping in vhost-vdpa case? When vIOMMU isn't available,
userspace will set msg->iova to GPA, otherwise userspace will set
msg->iova to GIOVA, and vhost-vdpa module will get HPA from msg->uaddr?

Thanks,
Tiwei

> 
> Thanks
> 
>