From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Joerg Roedel Subject: Re: [RFC v2 8/8] iommu/arm-smmu: implement add_reserved_regions callback Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2016 12:42:23 +0100 Message-ID: <20161111114223.GP2078@8bytes.org> References: <1478258646-3117-1-git-send-email-eric.auger@redhat.com> <1478258646-3117-9-git-send-email-eric.auger@redhat.com> <20161110154606.GH2078@8bytes.org> <04ed9694-707d-260b-70c6-f367d292ceca@redhat.com> <20161110161331.GJ2078@8bytes.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: iommu-bounces-cunTk1MwBs9QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org Errors-To: iommu-bounces-cunTk1MwBs9QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org To: Auger Eric Cc: drjones-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, jason-NLaQJdtUoK4Be96aLqz0jA@public.gmane.org, kvm-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, marc.zyngier-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org, punit.agrawal-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org, will.deacon-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, iommu-cunTk1MwBs9QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org, pranav.sawargaonkar-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, christoffer.dall-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, tglx-hfZtesqFncYOwBW4kG4KsQ@public.gmane.org, linux-arm-kernel-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org, eric.auger.pro-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org List-Id: iommu@lists.linux-foundation.org On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 07:00:52PM +0100, Auger Eric wrote: > GICv2m and GICV3 ITS use dma-mapping iommu_dma_map_msi_msg to allocate > an MSI IOVA on-demand. Yes, and it the right thing to do there because as a DMA-API implementation the dma-iommu code cares about the address space allocation. As I understand it this is different in your case, as someone else is defining the address space layout. So why do you need to allocate it yourself? Joerg