Re: [RFC v2] /dev/iommu uAPI proposal

Jason Gunthorpe
2021-07-15T15:23:34Z

On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 06:57:57AM -0700, Raj, Ashok wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 09:48:13AM -0300, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 06:49:54AM +0000, Tian, Kevin wrote:
> >
> > > No. You are right on this case. I don't think there is a way to
> > > differentiate one mdev from the other if they come from the
> > > same parent and attached by the same guest process. In this
> > > case the fault could be reported on either mdev (e.g. the first
> > > matching one) to get it fixed in the guest.
> >
> > If the IOMMU can't distinguish the two mdevs they are not isolated
> > and would have to share a group. Since group sharing is not supported
> > today this seems like a non-issue
>
> Does this mean we have to prevent 2 mdev's from same pdev being assigned to
> the same guest?

No, it means that the IOMMU layer has to be able to distinguish them.

This either means they are "SW mdevs" which does not involve the IOMMU
layer and puts both the responsibility for isolation and idenfication
on the mdev driver.

Or they are some "PASID mdev" which does allow the IOMMU to isolate
them.

What can't happen is to comingle /dev/iommu control over the pdev
between two mdevs.

ie we can't talk about faults for IOMMU on SW mdevs - faults do not
come from the IOMMU layer, they have to come from inside the mdev it
self, somehow.

Jason