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From: Joerg Roedel <joro-zLv9SwRftAIdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
To: "Li, Zhen-Hua" <zhen-hual-VXdhtT5mjnY@public.gmane.org>
Cc: "iommu-cunTk1MwBs9QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org"
	<iommu-cunTk1MwBs9QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>,
	"linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org"
	<linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] iommu/vt-d : clear old root entry for dump kernel
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 13:02:39 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140819110239.GA16329@8bytes.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1267BB84A242B24E81E0C0C8955CFFC061A4CA69-j39jTyOY9jISZAcGdq5asR6epYMZPwEe5NbjCUgZEJk@public.gmane.org>

On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 11:27:01PM +0000, Li, Zhen-Hua wrote:
> : [fault reason 01] Present bit in root entry is clear
> It appears when iommu initializing in the kdump kernel.

Hmm, do you have an explanation how this can happen? From how I read the
code, the kdump kernel disables translation on the IOMMU, then sets a
new root entry, and then re-enabled translation. To me it looks like
there is no point in time where translation is enabled and the
root-entry is clear (present-bit==0).

But obviously I am missing something if you see the message above.

Btw, have you looked into this patch-set posted earlier this year:

	https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/4/24/836

It approaches the same problem-space, but also cares about in-flight
DMA.


	Joerg

  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-08-19 11:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-08-18  8:59 [PATCH 1/1] iommu/vt-d : clear old root entry for dump kernel Li, Zhen-Hua
     [not found] ` <1408352352-14449-1-git-send-email-zhen-hual-VXdhtT5mjnY@public.gmane.org>
2014-08-18 23:01   ` Li, Zhen-Hua
     [not found]     ` <1267BB84A242B24E81E0C0C8955CFFC061A4BA26-j39jTyOY9jISZAcGdq5asR6epYMZPwEe5NbjCUgZEJk@public.gmane.org>
2014-08-18 23:23       ` Joerg Roedel
     [not found]         ` <20140818232328.GK9809-zLv9SwRftAIdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2014-08-18 23:27           ` Li, Zhen-Hua
     [not found]             ` <1267BB84A242B24E81E0C0C8955CFFC061A4CA69-j39jTyOY9jISZAcGdq5asR6epYMZPwEe5NbjCUgZEJk@public.gmane.org>
2014-08-19 11:02               ` Joerg Roedel [this message]
     [not found]                 ` <20140819110239.GA16329-zLv9SwRftAIdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2014-08-20  9:54                   ` Li, ZhenHua
2014-08-18 23:47         ` Li, Zhen-Hua
     [not found]           ` <1267BB84A242B24E81E0C0C8955CFFC061A4CA86-j39jTyOY9jISZAcGdq5asR6epYMZPwEe5NbjCUgZEJk@public.gmane.org>
2014-08-18 23:59             ` Li, Zhen-Hua
     [not found]               ` <1267BB84A242B24E81E0C0C8955CFFC061A4DACB-j39jTyOY9jISZAcGdq5asR6epYMZPwEe5NbjCUgZEJk@public.gmane.org>
2014-08-19  5:49                 ` Li, ZhenHua

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