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From: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
To: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>,
	Logan Gunthorpe <logang@deltatee.com>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
	Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Alex Williamson <alex@shazbot.org>
Cc: linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 09/13] PCI/P2PDMA: Document ACS egress control handling
Date: Sun,  2 Aug 2026 18:09:47 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260802-fix-p2p-acs-v1-9-a7c5eb64fff6@nvidia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260802-fix-p2p-acs-v1-0-a7c5eb64fff6@nvidia.com>

From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com>

Document the ACS P2P Egress Control outcomes used by P2PDMA: a clear
target vector bit permits direct routing, a set bit with Request Redirect
enabled sends the request upstream, and a set bit with Request Redirect
disabled causes an ACS Violation that P2PDMA rejects.

Also record that pci=disable_acs_redir= clears P2P Request Redirect,
Completion Redirect, and Egress Control.

Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 9 +++++----
 Documentation/driver-api/pci/p2pdma.rst         | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index b5493a7f8f22..5c3ed4fd439c 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -5226,10 +5226,11 @@ Kernel parameters
 		disable_acs_redir=<pci_dev>[; ...]
 				Specify one or more PCI devices (in the format
 				specified above) separated by semicolons.
-				Each device specified will have the PCI ACS
-				redirect capabilities forced off which will
-				allow P2P traffic between devices through
-				bridges without forcing it upstream. Note:
+				Each device specified will have the PCI ACS P2P
+				Request Redirect, Completion Redirect, and Egress
+				Control features forced off. This may allow P2P
+				traffic through bridges that would otherwise be
+				redirected upstream or blocked. Note:
 				this removes isolation between devices and
 				may put more devices in an IOMMU group.
 		config_acs=
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/pci/p2pdma.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/pci/p2pdma.rst
index 192e9717b62d..85d4426847a1 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/pci/p2pdma.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/pci/p2pdma.rst
@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ then based on the ACS settings the transaction can route entirely within
 the PCIe hierarchy and never reach the root port. The kernel will evaluate
 the PCIe topology and always permit P2P in these well-defined cases.
 
+ACS P2P Egress Control does not by itself force a transaction upstream. A
+clear Egress Control Vector bit for the peer port permits direct routing; a
+set bit redirects the request upstream when P2P Request Redirect is enabled.
+When Request Redirect is disabled, a set vector bit causes an ACS Violation
+instead. The kernel evaluates these controls together and routes P2P DMA
+through the host bridge when the direct path is blocked or cannot be
+determined.
+
 This evaluation covers the ACS controls that govern Requests carrying an
 Untranslated address. A Port with ACS Direct Translated P2P enabled routes
 a Request carrying a Translated address directly to the peer regardless of

-- 
2.55.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-08-02 15:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-02 15:09 [PATCH 00/13] PCI/P2PDMA: Fix ACS egress control handling Leon Romanovsky
2026-08-02 15:09 ` [PATCH 01/13] PCI/P2PDMA: Safely terminate ACS redirect lists Leon Romanovsky
2026-08-04 19:49   ` Logan Gunthorpe
2026-08-02 15:09 ` [PATCH 02/13] PCI/P2PDMA: Report ACS ports when the paths share no upstream bridge Leon Romanovsky
2026-08-04 19:52   ` Logan Gunthorpe
2026-08-02 15:09 ` [PATCH 03/13] PCI/P2PDMA: Document the Address Type assumption Leon Romanovsky
2026-08-04 19:55   ` Logan Gunthorpe
2026-08-02 15:09 ` [PATCH 04/13] PCI: Account for Direct Translated P2P in ACS isolation checks Leon Romanovsky
2026-08-04 20:03   ` Logan Gunthorpe
2026-08-02 15:09 ` [PATCH 05/13] PCI: Add ACS egress control vector accessor Leon Romanovsky
2026-08-04 21:55   ` Logan Gunthorpe
2026-08-02 15:09 ` [PATCH 06/13] PCI: Account for ACS egress control in isolation checks Leon Romanovsky
2026-08-04 21:55   ` Logan Gunthorpe
2026-08-02 15:09 ` [PATCH 07/13] PCI/P2PDMA: Derive peer-to-peer routing from ACS control bits Leon Romanovsky
2026-08-04 21:55   ` Logan Gunthorpe
2026-08-04 21:58     ` Logan Gunthorpe
2026-08-02 15:09 ` [PATCH 08/13] PCI/P2PDMA: Honor ACS egress control vectors Leon Romanovsky
2026-08-04 21:56   ` Logan Gunthorpe
2026-08-02 15:09 ` Leon Romanovsky [this message]
2026-08-04 22:01   ` [PATCH 09/13] PCI/P2PDMA: Document ACS egress control handling Logan Gunthorpe
2026-08-05  9:02     ` Leon Romanovsky
2026-08-02 15:09 ` [PATCH 10/13] PCI/P2PDMA: Extract pure ACS routing decision helpers Leon Romanovsky
2026-08-04 22:07   ` Logan Gunthorpe
2026-08-05  9:06     ` Leon Romanovsky
2026-08-02 15:09 ` [PATCH 11/13] PCI/P2PDMA: Add KUnit tests for ACS routing decisions Leon Romanovsky
2026-08-04 22:37   ` Logan Gunthorpe
2026-08-02 15:09 ` [PATCH 12/13] PCI/P2PDMA: Add KUnit coverage for the ACS P2P routing walk Leon Romanovsky
2026-08-04 22:37   ` Logan Gunthorpe
2026-08-02 15:09 ` [PATCH 13/13] PCI: Add KUnit coverage for ACS isolation checks Leon Romanovsky
2026-08-04 22:38   ` Logan Gunthorpe

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