From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
To: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] uaccess: user_access_begin_after_access_ok()
Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2020 16:08:27 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200606160524-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <55b50859-a71b-c57e-e26b-5fc8659eac22@redhat.com>
On Fri, Jun 05, 2020 at 06:03:38PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
>
> On 2020/6/5 上午12:49, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > > > 2. Second argument to translate_desc is a GPA, isn't it?
> > > No, it's IOVA, this function will be called only when IOTLB is enabled.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > Right IOVA. Point stands how does it make sense to cast
> > a userspace pointer to an IOVA? I guess it's just
> > because it's talking to qemu actually, so it's abusing
> > the notation a bit ...
> >
>
> Yes, but the issues are:
>
> 1) VHOST_SET_VRING_ADDR is used for iotlb and !iotlb
> 2) so did the memory accessors
>
> Unless we differ separate IOTLB datapath out, there's probably not easy to
> have another notation.
>
> Thanks
With the batching/format independence rework, it might be possible to
separate that down the road. We'll see.
--
MST
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-06-06 20:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-06-02 8:45 [PATCH RFC] uaccess: user_access_begin_after_access_ok() Michael S. Tsirkin
2020-06-02 10:15 ` Jason Wang
2020-06-02 16:33 ` Al Viro
2020-06-02 17:18 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-06-02 17:44 ` Al Viro
2020-06-02 17:46 ` Al Viro
2020-06-02 20:32 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2020-06-02 20:41 ` David Laight
2020-06-02 21:58 ` Al Viro
2020-06-03 8:08 ` David Laight
2020-06-02 20:43 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-06-03 6:01 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
[not found] ` <CAHk-=wi3=QuD30fRq8fYYTj9WmkgeZ0VR_Sh3DQHU+nmwj-jMg@mail.gmail.com>
2020-06-03 16:59 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-06-02 16:30 ` Al Viro
2020-06-02 20:42 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2020-06-02 22:10 ` Al Viro
2020-06-03 5:17 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2020-06-03 1:48 ` Al Viro
2020-06-03 3:57 ` Jason Wang
2020-06-03 4:18 ` Al Viro
2020-06-03 5:18 ` Jason Wang
2020-06-03 5:46 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2020-06-03 6:23 ` Jason Wang
2020-06-03 6:30 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2020-06-03 6:36 ` Jason Wang
2020-06-04 16:49 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2020-06-05 10:03 ` Jason Wang
2020-06-06 20:08 ` Michael S. Tsirkin [this message]
2020-06-03 6:25 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2020-06-03 5:29 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2020-06-03 16:52 ` Al Viro
2020-06-04 6:10 ` Jason Wang
2020-06-04 14:59 ` Al Viro
2020-06-04 16:46 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2020-06-04 10:10 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2020-06-04 15:03 ` Al Viro
2020-06-04 16:47 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
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