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Date:   Fri, 10 Mar 2023 03:41:36 -0500
From:   "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:     Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
Cc:     Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>,
        Nanyong Sun <sunnanyong@...wei.com>, joro@...tes.org,
        will@...nel.org, robin.murphy@....com, iommu@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        wangrong68@...wei.com, Cindy Lu <lulu@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] vhost/vdpa: Add MSI translation tables to iommu for
 software-managed MSI

On Mon, Feb 20, 2023 at 10:37:18AM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 8:43 PM Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 05:12:29AM -0500, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > > On Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 08:14:50PM -0400, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Feb 07, 2023 at 08:08:43PM +0800, Nanyong Sun wrote:
> > > > > From: Rong Wang <wangrong68@...wei.com>
> > > > >
> > > > > Once enable iommu domain for one device, the MSI
> > > > > translation tables have to be there for software-managed MSI.
> > > > > Otherwise, platform with software-managed MSI without an
> > > > > irq bypass function, can not get a correct memory write event
> > > > > from pcie, will not get irqs.
> > > > > The solution is to obtain the MSI phy base address from
> > > > > iommu reserved region, and set it to iommu MSI cookie,
> > > > > then translation tables will be created while request irq.
> > > >
> > > > Probably not what anyone wants to hear, but I would prefer we not add
> > > > more uses of this stuff. It looks like we have to get rid of
> > > > iommu_get_msi_cookie() :\
> > > >
> > > > I'd like it if vdpa could move to iommufd not keep copying stuff from
> > > > it..
> > >
> > > Absolutely but when is that happening?
> >
> > Don't know, I think it has to come from the VDPA maintainers, Nicolin
> > made some drafts but wasn't able to get it beyond that.
> 
> Cindy (cced) will carry on the work.
> 
> Thanks

Hmm didn't see anything yet. Nanyong Sun maybe you can take a look?

> >
> > Please have people who need more iommu platform enablement to pick it
> > up instead of merging hacks like this..
> >
> > We are very close to having nested translation on ARM so anyone who is
> > serious about VDPA on ARM is going to need iommufd anyhow.
> >
> > Jason
> >

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