netdev - Re: [PATCH V2 mlx5-next 12/14] vfio/mlx5: Implement vfio

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Message-ID: <20211029121558.GU2744544@nvidia.com>
Date:   Fri, 29 Oct 2021 09:15:58 -0300
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
To:     Shameerali Kolothum Thodi <shameerali.kolothum.thodi@...wei.com>
Cc:     Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>,
        Cornelia Huck <cohuck@...hat.com>,
        Yishai Hadas <yishaih@...dia.com>,
        "bhelgaas@...gle.com" <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        "saeedm@...dia.com" <saeedm@...dia.com>,
        "linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
        "kvm@...r.kernel.org" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "kuba@...nel.org" <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "leonro@...dia.com" <leonro@...dia.com>,
        "kwankhede@...dia.com" <kwankhede@...dia.com>,
        "mgurtovoy@...dia.com" <mgurtovoy@...dia.com>,
        "maorg@...dia.com" <maorg@...dia.com>,
        "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dgilbert@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 mlx5-next 12/14] vfio/mlx5: Implement vfio_pci driver
 for mlx5 devices

On Fri, Oct 29, 2021 at 10:32:03AM +0000, Shameerali Kolothum Thodi wrote:
> Just trying to follow the thread here. The above situation where MMIOs can be
> further poked in the !RUNNING state, do you mean poking through P2P or
> Guest/Qemu can still do that? I am just trying to see if the current uAPI fits well
> within the use case where we don't have any P2P scenario and the assigned dev
> is behind the IOMMU.

The way it is today any VFIO user can poke MMIO while in the !RUNNING
state, no P2P needed, just write to the mmap.

Jason