Re: [PATCH 1/3] iommu/vt-d: Use 128-bit atomic updates for context entries

[Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com>]

On Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at 10:26:16AM +0800, Baolu Lu wrote:
> On 1/14/26 18:55, Dmytro Maluka wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 01:14:36PM +0800, Baolu Lu wrote:
> > > On 1/14/26 03:27, Dmytro Maluka wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Jan 13, 2026 at 11:00:46AM +0800, Lu Baolu wrote:
> > > > > +static __always_inline void intel_iommu_atomic128_set(u128 *ptr, u128 val)
> > > > > +{
> > > > > +	/*
> > > > > +	 * Use the cmpxchg16b instruction for 128-bit atomicity. As updates
> > > > > +	 * are serialized by a spinlock, we use the local (unlocked) variant
> > > > > +	 * to avoid unnecessary bus locking overhead.
> > > > > +	 */
> > > > > +	arch_cmpxchg128_local(ptr, *ptr, val);
> > > > Any reason why not cmpxchg128_local()? (except following the AMD driver)
> > > 
> > > Yes. This follows the AMD IOMMU driver. Both drivers use spin lock to
> > > synchronize the update of table entries. They only need the atomicity of
> > > the 128-bit instruction itself. So arch_cmpxchg128_local() works.
> > 
> > Yeah, but my question was merely: why use the raw arch_*() version, not
> > cmpxchg128_local() which is the same but also includes optional
> > kasan/kcsan instrumentation:
> > 
> > #define cmpxchg128_local(ptr, ...) \
> > ({ \
> > 	typeof(ptr) __ai_ptr = (ptr); \
> > 	instrument_atomic_read_write(__ai_ptr, sizeof(*__ai_ptr)); \
> > 	raw_cmpxchg128_local(__ai_ptr, __VA_ARGS__); \
> > })
> > 
> > IOW, why bypass this instrumentation?
> 
> You are right. There is no strong technical reason to bypass the kasan/
> kcsan instrumentation here. My use of the arch_ version was primarily
> following the existing pattern in the AMD driver, likely under the
> assumption that the spinlock provided sufficient synchronization.
> 
> That said, Jason has suggested the generic entry_sync library to handle
> these types of multi-quanta updates across different IOMMU drivers. I
> plan to adopt that in the next version.

I also copied the amd driver in my draft so it should be changed to
this I think?

Jason