Re: [PATCH 1/1] iommu/vt-d: Enable PASID during iommu device probe

[Ethan Zhao <haifeng.zhao@linux.intel.com>]

在 2022/9/16 11:05, Baolu Lu 写道:
> On 2022/9/16 10:40, Ethan Zhao wrote:
>>>
>>> I may not get you exactly. 😄 Some IOMMU features reply on PASID
>>> capabilities on both IOMMU and device. The IOMMU drivers enumerate the
>>> capabilities and enable them if they are supported.
>> I might not express it straightforward,  I mean with this patch iommu 
>> deals with
>>
>> the complexity of enabling PASID (globally?)  or not at probing stage 
>> , instead
>>
>> of other device driver side decision to request IOMMU PASID enabling 
>> during
>>
>> their setup state.  if so you move the decision to iommu probe stage. 
>> hmmm...
>
> I am sorry that the commit message was a bit confusing. Actually we
> always enable PASID at iommu probe path w/ or w/o this patch.
>
Really ?  the commit message is quit clear to me ~~@
>>
>> Pros,  iommu driver controls everything about PASID enabling.
>>
>> Cons,  iommu driver handles all possible complexity about capability 
>> matching
>
> Do device drivers need to configure PCI PASID without IOMMU? I searched
> the tree and found nothing.

Device knows if it has PCI PASID cap and its driver also could determine 
to request

iommu to enable PASID or not by invoking

intel_iommu_enable_sva()->*intel_iommu_enable_pasid()*

*that is the old style without this patch.
*

*Iommu driver of course  also knows if devices in its group related the 
iommu
*

*have PASID cap support or not by enumerating them from the ACPI DMAR.
*

This is my understanding, correct me if wrong.

While configuring device PCI PASID cap is another thing, from kernel or 
userland,

compatible with the iommu cap, works, or not work.  Could you prevent anyone

from doing that ?


Thanks,

Ethan
>
> Best regards,
> baolu

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