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From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg-DDmLM1+adcrQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 05/18] iommu/ioasid: Redefine IOASID set and
 allocation APIs
Date: Fri, 7 May 2021 14:10:50 -0300
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To: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
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On Fri, May 07, 2021 at 11:06:14AM -0600, Alex Williamson wrote:

> We had tossed around an idea of a super-container with vfio, it's maybe
> something we'd want to incorporate into this design.  For instance, if
> memory could be pre-registered with a super container, which would
> handle the locked memory accounting for that memory, then
> sub-containers could all handle the IOMMU context of their sets of
> devices relative to that common memory pool.

This is where I suggested to David to use nesting of IOASIDs.

Without HW support for nesting a SW nest is really just re-using the
memory registration information stored in the parent when constructing
the children

Jason