[RFC PATCH 00/30] Add PCIe SVM support to ARM SMMUv3

[jean-philippe.brucker@arm.com (Jean-Philippe Brucker)]

Hi Yi,

On 06/03/17 08:20, Liu, Yi L wrote:
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>> Subject: [RFC PATCH 00/30] Add PCIe SVM support to ARM SMMUv3
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> This series adds support for PCI ATS, PRI and PASID extensions to the
>> SMMUv3 driver. In systems that support it, it is now possible for some high-end
>> devices to perform DMA into process address spaces. Page tables are shared
>> between MMU and SMMU; page faults from devices are recoverable and handled by
>> the mm subsystem.
>>
>> We propose an extension to the IOMMU API that unifies existing SVM
>> implementations (AMD, Intel and ARM) in patches 22 and 24. Nothing is set in stone,
>> the goal is to start discussions and find an intersection between implementations.
>>
>> We also propose a VFIO interface in patches 29 and 30, that allows userspace device
>> drivers to make use of SVM. It would also serve as example implementation for
>> other device drivers.
>>
>> Overview of the patches:
>>
>> * 1 and 2 prepare the SMMUv3 structures for ATS,
>> * 3 to 5 enable ATS for devices that support it.
>> * 6 to 10 prepare the SMMUv3 structures for PASID and PRI. Patch 9,
>>   in particular, provides details on the structure requirements.
>> * 11 introduces an interface for sharing ASIDs on ARM64,
>> * 12 to 17 add more infrastructure for sharing page tables,
>> * 18 and 19 add minor helpers to PCI,
>> * 20 enables PASID in devices that support it,
> 
> Jean, supposedly, you will introduce a PASID management mechanism in
> SMMU v3 driver. Here I have a question about PASID management on ARM.
> Will there be a system wide PASID table? Or there is equivalent implementation.

Yes the SMMUv3 driver allocates and manages PASIDs. In this series I
implemented one PASID table for each device (for simplicity), but as
explained in my reply on patch 22, I'd like to introduce a PASID table
for each IOMMU domain in the next version.

Thanks,
Jean-Philippe