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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Srujana Challa <schalla@marvell.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
	"virtualization@lists.linux.dev" <virtualization@lists.linux.dev>,
	"kvm@vger.kernel.org" <kvm@vger.kernel.org>,
	"mst@redhat.com" <mst@redhat.com>,
	"jasowang@redhat.com" <jasowang@redhat.com>,
	"eperezma@redhat.com" <eperezma@redhat.com>,
	Nithin Kumar Dabilpuram <ndabilpuram@marvell.com>,
	Jerin Jacob <jerinj@marvell.com>
Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] vhost-vdpa: Add support for NO-IOMMU mode
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 23:19:20 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZxCsaMSBpoozpEQH@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <DS0PR18MB5368CB509A66A6617E519672A0462@DS0PR18MB5368.namprd18.prod.outlook.com>

On Wed, Oct 16, 2024 at 05:28:27PM +0000, Srujana Challa wrote:
> When using the DPDK virtio user PMD, we’ve noticed a significant 70%
> performance improvement when IOMMU is disabled on specific low-end
> x86 machines. This performance improvement can be particularly
> advantageous for embedded platforms where applications operate in
> controlled environments. Therefore, we believe supporting the intel_iommu=off
> mode is beneficial.

While making the system completely unsafe to use.  Maybe you should
fix your stack to use the iommu more itelligently instead?


  reply	other threads:[~2024-10-17  6:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-09-20 14:05 [PATCH v2 0/2] vhost-vdpa: Add support for NO-IOMMU mode Srujana Challa
2024-09-20 14:05 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] vhost-vdpa: introduce module parameter for no-IOMMU mode Srujana Challa
2024-09-21 17:28   ` kernel test robot
2024-09-20 14:05 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] vhost-vdpa: introduce NO-IOMMU backend feature bit Srujana Challa
2024-09-24  7:43   ` Jason Wang
2024-09-24 10:01     ` [EXTERNAL] " Srujana Challa
2024-10-01  8:47 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] vhost-vdpa: Add support for NO-IOMMU mode Christoph Hellwig
2024-10-14 13:18   ` [EXTERNAL] " Srujana Challa
2024-10-15  3:48     ` Christoph Hellwig
2024-10-16 17:28       ` Srujana Challa
2024-10-17  6:19         ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2024-10-17  8:53           ` Srujana Challa
2024-10-18  4:54             ` Jason Wang
2024-10-18  5:24             ` Christoph Hellwig
2024-10-18 13:08               ` Srujana Challa
2024-10-16 17:41       ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2024-10-17  6:16         ` Christoph Hellwig
2024-10-20  0:16           ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2024-10-23  6:58             ` Christoph Hellwig
2024-10-23  8:19               ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2024-10-24  9:05                 ` Christoph Hellwig
2024-11-06 12:38                   ` Srujana Challa
2024-11-06 15:45                     ` Christoph Hellwig
2024-11-07  6:08                       ` Srujana Challa
2024-11-12  7:11                         ` Srujana Challa
2024-11-06 18:11                     ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2024-11-06 18:14                   ` Michael S. Tsirkin

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