From: Paul Durrant <Paul.Durrant@citrix.com>
To: 'Jan Beulich' <JBeulich@suse.com>, Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@intel.com>
Cc: xen-devel <xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org>,
Julien Grall <julien.grall@arm.com>,
Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org>,
Suravee Suthikulpanit <suravee.suthikulpanit@amd.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 01/14] iommu: introduce the concept of BFN...
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2018 08:13:16 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9794bffb9c4b4d65abad36e934de2083@AMSPEX02CL03.citrite.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5B92199C02000078001E6227@prv1-mh.provo.novell.com>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jan Beulich [mailto:JBeulich@suse.com]
> Sent: 07 September 2018 07:24
> To: Paul Durrant <Paul.Durrant@citrix.com>; Kevin Tian
> <kevin.tian@intel.com>
> Cc: Suravee Suthikulpanit <suravee.suthikulpanit@amd.com>; Julien Grall
> <julien.grall@arm.com>; Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org>; xen-
> devel <xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org>
> Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v6 01/14] iommu: introduce the concept of
> BFN...
>
> >>> On 07.09.18 at 03:47, <kevin.tian@intel.com> wrote:
> >> From: Paul Durrant [mailto:Paul.Durrant@citrix.com]
> >> Sent: Thursday, September 6, 2018 10:54 PM
> >>
> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> > From: Jan Beulich [mailto:JBeulich@suse.com]
> >> > Sent: 06 September 2018 14:13
> >> > To: Paul Durrant <Paul.Durrant@citrix.com>
> >> > Cc: Suravee Suthikulpanit <suravee.suthikulpanit@amd.com>; Julien
> Grall
> >> > <julien.grall@arm.com>; Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@intel.com>; Stefano
> >> > Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org>; xen-devel <xen-
> >> > devel@lists.xenproject.org>
> >> > Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v6 01/14] iommu: introduce the
> concept
> >> of
> >> > BFN...
> >> >
> >> > >>> On 06.09.18 at 12:36, <Paul.Durrant@citrix.com> wrote:
> >> > >> From: Jan Beulich [mailto:JBeulich@suse.com]
> >> > >> Sent: 05 September 2018 10:39
> >> > >>
> >> > >> >>> On 05.09.18 at 11:13, <Paul.Durrant@citrix.com> wrote:
> >> > >> > Personally I think 'bus address' is commonly enough used term for
> >> > >> addresses
> >> > >> > used by devices for DMA. Indeed we have already 'dev_bus_addr'
> in
> >> > the
> >> > >> grant
> >> > >> > map and unmap hypercalls. So baddr and bfn seem like ok terms to
> >> me.
> >> > It's
> >> > >> > also not impossible to rename these later if they prove
> problematic.
> >> > >>
> >> > >> But that's the point - the names are problematic (to me): I
> >> permanently
> >> > >> have to remind myself that they do _not_ refer to the addresses as
> >> > >> seen when accessing memory, but the ones going _into_ the
> IOMMU.
> >> > >
> >> > > Ok. Could we agree on 'IOFN' then? I think 'iova' and 'io address' are
> >> also
> >> > > reasonably widely used terms to refer to address from a device's PoV.
> >> I'd
> >> > > really like to unblock these early patches.
> >> >
> >> > Hmm, earlier I had indicated I'd prefer DFN (as this make clear whose
> >> > view we are talking about). Kevin seemed to prefer DFN too, just with
> >> > a different association for D (which, as said, I consider unhelpful). So
> >> > is there a particular reason you're now suggesting IOFN nevertheless?
> >>
> >> It was the ambiguity and lack of agreement over the 'D' that made me
> think
> >> that the other alternative would be better.
> >> Kevin, would you be ok with 'IOFN'?
> >>
> >
> > My problem with DFN is when combining D with address then "device
> > address" is not very clear to me while interpreting D as DMA is also
> > not that clear from Jan's point.
>
> What about making its description mention both possible interpretations?
>
I'm ok with DFN plus supporting text. Kevin, are you ok with that?
Paul
> Jan
>
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Thread overview: 111+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-08-23 9:46 [PATCH v6 00/14] paravirtual IOMMU interface Paul Durrant
2018-08-23 9:46 ` [PATCH v6 01/14] iommu: introduce the concept of BFN Paul Durrant
2018-08-30 15:59 ` Jan Beulich
2018-09-03 8:23 ` Paul Durrant
2018-09-03 11:46 ` Jan Beulich
2018-09-04 6:48 ` Tian, Kevin
2018-09-04 8:32 ` Jan Beulich
2018-09-04 8:37 ` Tian, Kevin
2018-09-04 8:47 ` Jan Beulich
2018-09-04 8:49 ` Paul Durrant
2018-09-04 9:08 ` Jan Beulich
2018-09-05 0:42 ` Tian, Kevin
2018-09-05 6:48 ` Jan Beulich
2018-09-05 6:56 ` Tian, Kevin
2018-09-05 7:11 ` Jan Beulich
2018-09-05 9:13 ` Paul Durrant
2018-09-05 9:38 ` Jan Beulich
2018-09-06 10:36 ` Paul Durrant
2018-09-06 13:13 ` Jan Beulich
2018-09-06 14:54 ` Paul Durrant
2018-09-07 1:47 ` Tian, Kevin
2018-09-07 6:24 ` Jan Beulich
2018-09-07 8:13 ` Paul Durrant [this message]
2018-09-07 8:16 ` Tian, Kevin
2018-09-07 8:25 ` Paul Durrant
2018-08-23 9:46 ` [PATCH v6 02/14] iommu: make use of type-safe BFN and MFN in exported functions Paul Durrant
2018-09-04 10:29 ` Jan Beulich
2018-08-23 9:47 ` [PATCH v6 03/14] iommu: push use of type-safe BFN and MFN into iommu_ops Paul Durrant
2018-09-04 10:32 ` Jan Beulich
2018-08-23 9:47 ` [PATCH v6 04/14] iommu: don't domain_crash() inside iommu_map/unmap_page() Paul Durrant
2018-09-04 10:38 ` Jan Beulich
2018-09-04 10:39 ` Paul Durrant
2018-08-23 9:47 ` [PATCH v6 05/14] public / x86: introduce __HYPERCALL_iommu_op Paul Durrant
2018-09-04 11:50 ` Jan Beulich
2018-09-04 12:23 ` Paul Durrant
2018-09-04 12:55 ` Jan Beulich
2018-09-04 13:17 ` Paul Durrant
2018-09-07 10:52 ` Jan Beulich
2018-08-23 9:47 ` [PATCH v6 06/14] iommu: track reserved ranges using a rangeset Paul Durrant
2018-09-07 10:40 ` Jan Beulich
2018-09-11 9:28 ` Paul Durrant
2018-08-23 9:47 ` [PATCH v6 07/14] x86: add iommu_op to query reserved ranges Paul Durrant
2018-09-07 11:01 ` Jan Beulich
2018-09-11 9:34 ` Paul Durrant
2018-09-11 9:43 ` Jan Beulich
2018-09-13 6:11 ` Tian, Kevin
2018-08-23 9:47 ` [PATCH v6 08/14] vtd: add lookup_page method to iommu_ops Paul Durrant
2018-09-07 11:11 ` Jan Beulich
2018-09-07 12:36 ` Paul Durrant
2018-09-07 14:56 ` Jan Beulich
2018-09-07 15:24 ` Paul Durrant
2018-09-07 15:52 ` Jan Beulich
2018-09-12 8:31 ` Paul Durrant
2018-09-12 8:43 ` Jan Beulich
2018-09-12 8:45 ` Paul Durrant
2018-09-12 8:51 ` Paul Durrant
2018-09-12 8:53 ` Paul Durrant
2018-09-12 9:03 ` Jan Beulich
2018-09-12 9:05 ` Paul Durrant
2018-09-12 9:12 ` Jan Beulich
2018-09-12 9:15 ` Paul Durrant
2018-09-12 9:21 ` Jan Beulich
2018-09-12 9:30 ` Paul Durrant
2018-09-12 10:07 ` Jan Beulich
2018-09-12 10:09 ` Paul Durrant
2018-09-12 12:15 ` Jan Beulich
2018-09-12 12:22 ` Paul Durrant
2018-09-12 12:39 ` Jan Beulich
2018-09-12 12:53 ` Paul Durrant
2018-09-12 13:19 ` Jan Beulich
2018-09-12 13:25 ` Paul Durrant
2018-09-12 13:39 ` Jan Beulich
2018-09-12 13:43 ` Paul Durrant
2018-09-12 8:59 ` Jan Beulich
2018-08-23 9:47 ` [PATCH v6 09/14] mm / iommu: include need_iommu() test in iommu_use_hap_pt() Paul Durrant
2018-09-07 11:20 ` Jan Beulich
2018-09-11 9:39 ` Paul Durrant
2018-09-11 9:47 ` Jan Beulich
2018-09-13 6:23 ` Tian, Kevin
2018-09-13 8:34 ` Paul Durrant
2018-08-23 9:47 ` [PATCH v6 10/14] mm / iommu: split need_iommu() into has_iommu_pt() and need_iommu_pt_sync() Paul Durrant
2018-08-23 11:10 ` Razvan Cojocaru
2018-09-11 14:31 ` Jan Beulich
2018-09-11 15:40 ` Paul Durrant
2018-09-12 6:45 ` Jan Beulich
2018-09-12 8:07 ` Paul Durrant
2018-08-23 9:47 ` [PATCH v6 11/14] x86: add iommu_op to enable modification of IOMMU mappings Paul Durrant
2018-09-11 14:48 ` Jan Beulich
2018-09-11 15:52 ` Paul Durrant
2018-09-12 6:53 ` Jan Beulich
2018-09-12 8:04 ` Paul Durrant
2018-08-23 9:47 ` [PATCH v6 12/14] memory: add get_paged_gfn() as a wrapper Paul Durrant
2018-08-23 10:24 ` Julien Grall
2018-08-23 10:30 ` Paul Durrant
2018-09-11 14:56 ` Jan Beulich
2018-09-12 9:10 ` Paul Durrant
2018-09-12 9:15 ` Jan Beulich
2018-09-12 10:01 ` George Dunlap
2018-09-12 10:08 ` Paul Durrant
2018-09-12 10:10 ` Jan Beulich
2018-08-23 9:47 ` [PATCH v6 13/14] x86: add iommu_ops to modify and flush IOMMU mappings Paul Durrant
2018-09-11 15:15 ` Jan Beulich
2018-09-12 7:03 ` Jan Beulich
2018-09-12 8:02 ` Paul Durrant
2018-09-12 8:27 ` Jan Beulich
2018-09-13 6:41 ` Tian, Kevin
2018-09-13 8:32 ` Paul Durrant
2018-09-13 8:49 ` Jan Beulich
2018-08-23 9:47 ` [PATCH v6 14/14] x86: extend the map and unmap iommu_ops to support grant references Paul Durrant
2018-09-12 14:12 ` Jan Beulich
2018-09-12 16:28 ` Paul Durrant
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