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From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>
To: David Matlack <dmatlack@google.com>
Cc: Alex Williamson <alex@shazbot.org>, Alex Mastro <amastro@fb.com>,
	Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>, Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vfio: selftests: Add vfio_dma_mapping_mmio_test
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 14:33:39 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260108183339.GF545276@ziepe.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CALzav=eRa49+2wSqrDL1gSw8MpMwXVxb9bx4hvGU0x_bOXypuw@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Jan 08, 2026 at 10:24:19AM -0800, David Matlack wrote:
> > > Oh, I was thinking about a compatability only flow only in the type 1
> > > emulation that internally magically converts a VMA to a dmabuf, but I
> > > haven't written anything.. It is a bit tricky and the type 1 emulation
> > > has not been as popular as I expected??
> >
> > In part because of this gap, I'd guess.  Thanks,
> 
> Lack of huge mappings in the IOMMU when using VFIO_TYPE1_IOMMU is
> another gap I'm aware of.
> vfio_dma_mapping_test.vfio_type1_iommu_anonymous_hugetlb_1gb.dma_map_unmap
> fails when IOMMUFD_VFIO_CONTAINER is enabled.

What is this? I'm not aware of it..

> Is the plan to address all the gaps so IOMMUFD_VFIO_CONTAINER can be
> made the default and the type1 code can be dropped from the upstream
> kernel?

This was a dream for sure, distros can decide if they want to continue
to support both or have an option to do just one.

Jason

  reply	other threads:[~2026-01-08 18:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-01-07 22:13 [PATCH] vfio: selftests: Add vfio_dma_mapping_mmio_test Alex Mastro
2026-01-07 22:37 ` Alex Mastro
2026-01-07 23:54 ` David Matlack
2026-01-08  0:54   ` Jason Gunthorpe
2026-01-08  2:41     ` Alex Mastro
2026-01-08 14:10       ` Jason Gunthorpe
2026-01-08 15:45         ` Alex Williamson
2026-01-08 18:24           ` David Matlack
2026-01-08 18:33             ` Jason Gunthorpe [this message]
2026-01-08 21:29               ` David Matlack
2026-01-09  0:36                 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2026-01-09  0:43                   ` David Matlack
2026-01-09  0:54                     ` Jason Gunthorpe
2026-01-09 17:04                       ` David Matlack
2026-01-09 18:01                         ` Jason Gunthorpe
2026-01-09 21:38                           ` Alex Williamson
2026-01-13 23:47                             ` David Matlack
2026-01-08  3:36   ` Alex Mastro
2026-01-08 14:38     ` Jason Gunthorpe
2026-01-08 16:25       ` Alex Mastro
2026-01-08 23:04         ` Alex Mastro
2026-01-08 15:42     ` Alex Williamson
2026-01-08 18:20       ` David Matlack

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