From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
To: Joerg Roedel <joro@8bytes.org>,
iommu@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Suravee Suthikulpanit <suravee.suthikulpanit@amd.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iommu/amd: Explicitly bail from enable_iommus_vapic() when in legacy mode
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2026 16:05:09 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <adQ8JeCu4c1dzpL8@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250315030928.2373250-1-seanjc@google.com>
On Fri, Mar 14, 2025, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Bail early from enable_iommus_vapic() if IOMMUs are configured for either
> of the legacy modes, as it's absurdly difficult to see that
> iommu_ga_log_enable() is guaranteed to fail because iommu_init_ga_log()
> skips allocating the ga_log.
>
> Opportunistically have iommu_ga_log_enable() WARN if it's called without
> IOMMUs being configured to support AVIC/vAPIC.
>
> Cc: Suravee Suthikulpanit <suravee.suthikulpanit@amd.com>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
> ---
> drivers/iommu/amd/init.c | 10 ++++++----
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/iommu/amd/init.c b/drivers/iommu/amd/init.c
> index cb536d372b12..05c568da589a 100644
> --- a/drivers/iommu/amd/init.c
> +++ b/drivers/iommu/amd/init.c
> @@ -931,8 +931,8 @@ static int iommu_ga_log_enable(struct amd_iommu *iommu)
>
> static int iommu_init_ga_log(struct amd_iommu *iommu)
> {
> - if (!AMD_IOMMU_GUEST_IR_VAPIC(amd_iommu_guest_ir))
> - return 0;
> + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!AMD_IOMMU_GUEST_IR_VAPIC(amd_iommu_guest_ir)))
> + return -EINVAL;
>
> iommu->ga_log = iommu_alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL, get_order(GA_LOG_SIZE));
> if (!iommu->ga_log)
> @@ -2863,8 +2863,10 @@ static void enable_iommus_vapic(void)
> return;
> }
>
> - if (AMD_IOMMU_GUEST_IR_VAPIC(amd_iommu_guest_ir) &&
> - !check_feature(FEATURE_GAM_VAPIC)) {
> + if (!AMD_IOMMU_GUEST_IR_VAPIC(amd_iommu_guest_ir))
> + return;
> +
> + if (!check_feature(FEATURE_GAM_VAPIC)) {
> amd_iommu_guest_ir = AMD_IOMMU_GUEST_IR_LEGACY_GA;
> return;
> }
>
> base-commit: ea9bd29a9c0d757b3384ae3e633e6bbaddf00725
> --
Another ping. This too still applies.
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