Re: [RFC PATCH v9 1/5] iommu/vt-d: add flush_target_dev member to struct intel_iommu and pass device info to all ATS Invalidation functions

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

On 12/28/2023 4:10 PM, Tian, Kevin wrote:
>> From: Ethan Zhao <haifeng.zhao@linux.intel.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2023 8:17 AM
>>
>> @@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ static void __flush_svm_range_dev(struct intel_svm
>> *svm,
>>
>>   	qi_flush_piotlb(sdev->iommu, sdev->did, svm->pasid, address, pages,
>> ih);
>>   	if (info->ats_enabled) {
>> +		info->iommu->flush_target_dev = info->dev;
>>   		qi_flush_dev_iotlb_pasid(sdev->iommu, sdev->sid, info-
>>> pfsid,
>>   					 svm->pasid, sdev->qdep, address,
>>   					 order_base_2(pages));
> this is wrong both in concept and function.
Yes, wrong.
>
> an iommu instance can be shared by many devices which may all have
> ongoing ATS invalidation requests to handle. Using a per-iommu field
> to store the flush target is limiting (and there is no lock protection at all).
>
> if there is a real need of passing dev pointer to qi helpers, just change
> the helper to accept an explicit parameter.

seems the only way is to add parameter and refactor all affected

functions.


Thanks,

Ethan