From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 45473CCF9FE for ; Mon, 3 Nov 2025 13:13:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1vFuMo-0000GX-Ak; Mon, 03 Nov 2025 08:13:02 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1vFuMg-0000EZ-Ky; Mon, 03 Nov 2025 08:12:54 -0500 Received: from [185.176.79.56] (helo=frasgout.his.huawei.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1vFuMa-0007g7-BG; Mon, 03 Nov 2025 08:12:53 -0500 Received: from mail.maildlp.com (unknown [172.18.186.216]) by frasgout.his.huawei.com (SkyGuard) with ESMTP id 4d0X2q4K9Cz6L5Qv; Mon, 3 Nov 2025 21:08:35 +0800 (CST) Received: from dubpeml100005.china.huawei.com (unknown [7.214.146.113]) by mail.maildlp.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 49920140373; Mon, 3 Nov 2025 21:12:22 +0800 (CST) Received: from localhost (10.203.177.15) by dubpeml100005.china.huawei.com (7.214.146.113) with Microsoft SMTP Server (version=TLS1_2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id 15.2.1544.11; Mon, 3 Nov 2025 13:12:21 +0000 Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2025 13:12:19 +0000 To: Shameer Kolothum CC: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 06/32] hw/arm/smmuv3-accel: Initialize shared system address space Message-ID: <20251103131219.000079ca@huawei.com> In-Reply-To: <20251031105005.24618-7-skolothumtho@nvidia.com> References: <20251031105005.24618-1-skolothumtho@nvidia.com> <20251031105005.24618-7-skolothumtho@nvidia.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 4.3.0 (GTK 3.24.42; x86_64-w64-mingw32) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originating-IP: [10.203.177.15] X-ClientProxiedBy: lhrpeml100009.china.huawei.com (7.191.174.83) To dubpeml100005.china.huawei.com (7.214.146.113) X-Host-Lookup-Failed: Reverse DNS lookup failed for 185.176.79.56 (deferred) Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.176.79.56; envelope-from=jonathan.cameron@huawei.com; helo=frasgout.his.huawei.com X-Spam_score_int: -33 X-Spam_score: -3.4 X-Spam_bar: --- X-Spam_report: (-3.4 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_CERTIFIED_BLOCKED=0.001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_RPBL_BLOCKED=0.001, RDNS_NONE=0.793, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-to: Jonathan Cameron From: Jonathan Cameron via Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org On Fri, 31 Oct 2025 10:49:39 +0000 Shameer Kolothum wrote: > To support accelerated SMMUv3 instances, introduce a shared system-wide > AddressSpace (shared_as_sysmem) that aliases the global system memory. > This shared AddressSpace will be used in a subsequent patch for all > vfio-pci devices behind all accelerated SMMUv3 instances within a VM. No problem with the patch, but perhaps this description could mention something about 'why' this address space is useful thing to have? > > Signed-off-by: Shameer Kolothum Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron