From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.2 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18230C10F14 for ; Tue, 15 Oct 2019 07:31:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org (mail.linuxfoundation.org [140.211.169.12]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E99402086A for ; Tue, 15 Oct 2019 07:31:12 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org E99402086A Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=lst.de Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=iommu-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org Received: from mail.linux-foundation.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D238EC6F; Tue, 15 Oct 2019 07:31:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 12941BBC; Tue, 15 Oct 2019 07:31:11 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from verein.lst.de (verein.lst.de [213.95.11.211]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E529E14D; Tue, 15 Oct 2019 07:31:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by verein.lst.de (Postfix, from userid 2407) id E7CF568B05; Tue, 15 Oct 2019 09:31:04 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 09:31:04 +0200 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Robin Murphy Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] dma-mapping: Add dma_addr_is_phys_addr() Message-ID: <20191015073104.GA32252@lst.de> References: <1570843519-8696-1-git-send-email-linuxram@us.ibm.com> <1570843519-8696-2-git-send-email-linuxram@us.ibm.com> <20191014045139.GN4080@umbus.fritz.box> <37609731-5539-b906-aa94-2ef0242795ac@arm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <37609731-5539-b906-aa94-2ef0242795ac@arm.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Cc: andmike@us.ibm.com, sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com, mdroth@linux.vnet.ibm.com, b.zolnierkie@samsung.com, benh@kernel.crashing.org, jasowang@redhat.com, aik@linux.ibm.com, Ram Pai , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, paulus@ozlabs.org, iommu@lists.linux-foundation.org, paul.burton@mips.com, mpe@ellerman.id.au, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, hch@lst.de, David Gibson X-BeenThere: iommu@lists.linux-foundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Development issues for Linux IOMMU support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: iommu-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org Errors-To: iommu-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org On Mon, Oct 14, 2019 at 11:29:24AM +0100, Robin Murphy wrote: >> However, I would like to see the commit message (and maybe the inline >> comments) expanded a bit on what the distinction here is about. Some >> of the text from the next patch would be suitable, about DMA addresses >> usually being in a different address space but not in the case of >> bounce buffering. > > Right, this needs a much tighter definition. "DMA address happens to be a > valid physical address" is true of various IOMMU setups too, but I can't > believe it's meaningful in such cases. > > If what you actually want is "DMA is direct or SWIOTLB" - i.e. "DMA address > is physical address of DMA data (not necessarily the original buffer)" - > wouldn't dma_is_direct() suffice? It would. But drivers have absolutely no business knowing any of this. _______________________________________________ iommu mailing list iommu@lists.linux-foundation.org https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/iommu