Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] Removes the x86 dependency on the QAT drivers

[Yoan Picchi <yoan.picchi@foss.arm.com>]

 > On Wed, 18 May 2022 at 17:55, Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com> 
wrote:
 > >
 > > On Tue, 17 May 2022 10:11:09 +0200
 > > Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org> wrote:
 > >
 > > Hi,
 > >
 > > > On Mon, 16 May 2022 at 12:16, <yoan.picchi@arm.com> wrote:
 > > > >
 > > > > From: Yoan Picchi <yoan.picchi@arm.com>
 > > > >
 > > > > This dependency looks outdated. After the previous patch, we 
have been able
 > > > > to use this driver to encrypt some data and to create working 
VF on arm64.
 > > > >
 > > > > Signed-off-by: Yoan Picchi <yoan.picchi@arm.com>
 > > >
 > > > Are you sure the driver is safe for non-coherent DMA as well?
 > >
 > > That depends on your definition of "sure".
 > > We indeed tested this only on a server with coherent PCIe.
 > >
 > > I skimmed through the driver, and it looks like to use the DMA API
 > > correctly:
 > > - I see dma_alloc_coherent() calls for DMA ring buffers.
 > > - There are dma_map_single()/dma_unmap_single() pairs in other parts.
 > > - Accesses to the BARs are capsuled via macros, using readl/writel.
 > > - Access the the SRAM BAR is also only done via those macros.
 > >
 > > I didn't go through the driver systematically, and of course the
 > > interesting parts are the ones you don't see easily, so I am eager 
to hear
 > > any other opinions on this topic.
 > >
 > > Ard, do you have anything special in mind? Is there something to 
look out
 > > for, specifically?
 > >
 >
 > If it uses the DMA api consistently and correctly, and works as
 > expected when running under a SMMU, things are probably fine
 >
 > > The few cards we have access to are in some server in the data 
centre, so
 > > I can't easily walk in with, say a RockPro64, and test this there.
 > >
 >
 > I suppose this implies that you have tested with SMMUs enabled.

Sorry for the delay, I was away for a few days.
Actually, our previous attempts were with the iommu set to passthrough, 
but I
just tested without the passthrough and it works the same way.
 >
 > > >
 > > > > ---
 > > > >  drivers/crypto/qat/Kconfig | 14 +++++++-------
 > > > >  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
 > > > >
 > > > > diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/Kconfig 
b/drivers/crypto/qat/Kconfig
 > > > > index 4b90c0f22b03..88df2cf4cac9 100644
 > > > > --- a/drivers/crypto/qat/Kconfig
 > > > > +++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/Kconfig
 > > > > @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ config CRYPTO_DEV_QAT
 > > > >
 > > > >  config CRYPTO_DEV_QAT_DH895xCC
 > > > >         tristate "Support for Intel(R) DH895xCC"
 > > > > -       depends on X86 && PCI
 > > > > +       depends on PCI
 > > > >         select CRYPTO_DEV_QAT
 > > > >         help
 > > > >           Support for Intel(R) DH895xcc with Intel(R) 
QuickAssist Technology
 > > > > @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ config CRYPTO_DEV_QAT_DH895xCC
 > > > >
 > > > >  config CRYPTO_DEV_QAT_C3XXX
 > > > >         tristate "Support for Intel(R) C3XXX"
 > > > > -       depends on X86 && PCI
 > > > > +       depends on PCI
 > > > >         select CRYPTO_DEV_QAT
 > > > >         help
 > > > >           Support for Intel(R) C3xxx with Intel(R) QuickAssist 
Technology
 > > > > @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ config CRYPTO_DEV_QAT_C3XXX
 > > > >
 > > > >  config CRYPTO_DEV_QAT_C62X
 > > > >         tristate "Support for Intel(R) C62X"
 > > > > -       depends on X86 && PCI
 > > > > +       depends on PCI
 > > > >         select CRYPTO_DEV_QAT
 > > > >         help
 > > > >           Support for Intel(R) C62x with Intel(R) QuickAssist 
Technology
 > > > > @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ config CRYPTO_DEV_QAT_C62X
 > > > >
 > > > >  config CRYPTO_DEV_QAT_4XXX
 > > > >         tristate "Support for Intel(R) QAT_4XXX"
 > > > > -       depends on X86 && PCI
 > > > > +       depends on PCI
 > > > >         select CRYPTO_DEV_QAT
 > > > >         help
 > > > >           Support for Intel(R) QuickAssist Technology QAT_4xxx
 > > > > @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ config CRYPTO_DEV_QAT_4XXX
 > > > >
 > > > >  config CRYPTO_DEV_QAT_DH895xCCVF
 > > > >         tristate "Support for Intel(R) DH895xCC Virtual Function"
 > > > > -       depends on X86 && PCI
 > > > > +       depends on PCI
 > > > >         select PCI_IOV
 > > > >         select CRYPTO_DEV_QAT
 > > > >
 > > > > @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ config CRYPTO_DEV_QAT_DH895xCCVF
 > > > >
 > > > >  config CRYPTO_DEV_QAT_C3XXXVF
 > > > >         tristate "Support for Intel(R) C3XXX Virtual Function"
 > > > > -       depends on X86 && PCI
 > > > > +       depends on PCI
 > > > >         select PCI_IOV
 > > > >         select CRYPTO_DEV_QAT
 > > > >         help
 > > > > @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ config CRYPTO_DEV_QAT_C3XXXVF
 > > > >
 > > > >  config CRYPTO_DEV_QAT_C62XVF
 > > > >         tristate "Support for Intel(R) C62X Virtual Function"
 > > > > -       depends on X86 && PCI
 > > > > +       depends on PCI
 > > > >         select PCI_IOV
 > > > >         select CRYPTO_DEV_QAT
 > > > >         help
 > > > > --
 > > > > 2.25.1
 > > > >
 > >