Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] iommu/vt-d: Add helper to flush caches for context change

[Baolu Lu <baolu.lu@linux.intel.com>]

On 2024/7/2 14:39, Tian, Kevin wrote:
>> From: Liu, Yi L <yi.l.liu@intel.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 2, 2024 2:25 PM
>>
>> On 2024/7/2 12:51, Baolu Lu wrote:
>>> On 2024/7/2 10:43, Baolu Lu wrote:
>>>> On 7/2/24 9:47 AM, Baolu Lu wrote:
>>>>> On 7/2/24 9:11 AM, Tian, Kevin wrote:
>>>>>>> From: Lu Baolu<baolu.lu@linux.intel.com>
>>>>>>> Sent: Monday, July 1, 2024 7:23 PM
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>> +    /*
>>>>>>> +     * For scalable mode:
>>>>>>> +     * - Domain-selective PASID-cache invalidation to affected domains
>>>>>>> +     * - Domain-selective IOTLB invalidation to affected domains
>>>>>>> +     * - Global Device-TLB invalidation to affected functions
>>>>>>> +     */
>>>>>>> +    if (flush_domains) {
>>>>>>> +        /*
>>>>>>> +         * If the IOMMU is running in scalable mode and there might
>>>>>>> +         * be potential PASID translations, the caller should hold
>>>>>>> +         * the lock to ensure that context changes and cache flushes
>>>>>>> +         * are atomic.
>>>>>>> +         */
>>>>>>> +        assert_spin_locked(&iommu->lock);
>>>>>>> +        for (i = 0; i < info->pasid_table->max_pasid; i++) {
>>>>>>> +            pte = intel_pasid_get_entry(info->dev, i);
>>>>>>> +            if (!pte || !pasid_pte_is_present(pte))
>>>>>>> +                continue;
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>> +            did = pasid_get_domain_id(pte);
>>>>>>> +            qi_flush_pasid_cache(iommu, did,
>>>>>>> QI_PC_ALL_PASIDS, 0);
>>>>>>> +            iommu->flush.flush_iotlb(iommu, did, 0, 0,
>>>>>>> DMA_TLB_DSI_FLUSH);
>>>>>>> +        }
>>>>>>> +    }
>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>> +    __context_flush_dev_iotlb(info);
>>>>>>> +}
>>>>>> this only invalidates devtlb w/o PASID. We miss a pasid devtlb
>>>>>> invalidation
>>>>>> with global bit set.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am not sure about this. The spec says "Global Device-TLB invalidation
>>>>> to affected functions", I am not sure whether this implies any PASID-
>>>>> based-Device-TLB invalidation.
>>>>
>>>> I just revisited the spec, Device-TLB invalidation only covers caches
>>>> for requests-without-PASID. If pasid translation is affected while
>>>> updating the context entry, we should also take care of the caches for
>>>> requests-with-pasid.
>>>>
>>
>> hmmm. "Table 25. Guidance to Software for Invalidations" only mentions
>> global devTLB invalidation. 10.3.8 PASID and Global Invalidate of PCIe 6.2
>> spec has below definition.
>>
>> For Invalidation Requests that do not have a PASID, the ATC shall:
>> • Invalidate ATC entries within the indicate memory range that were
>> requested without a PASID value.
>> • Invalidate ATC entries at all addresses that were requested with any
>> PASID value.
>>
>> AFAIK. A devTLB invalidate descriptor submitted to VT-d should be converted
>> to be a PCIe ATC invalidation request without PASID prefix. So it may be
>> subjected to the above definition. If so, no need to have a PASID-based
>> devTLB invalidation descriptor.
>>
> 
> You are correct. The wording in VT-d spec is a bit confusing on saying
> that devtlb invalidation descriptor is only for request w/o PASID. 😉

Okay, so I will remove the line of pasid-based-dev-iotlb invalidation.

Thank you Yi, for the clarification.

Best regards,
baolu