From: "Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@suse.com>
To: Paul Durrant <paul.durrant@citrix.com>
Cc: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@intel.com>,
Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org>,
Suravee Suthikulpanit <suravee.suthikulpanit@amd.com>,
Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>,
george.dunlap@citrix.com, Julien Grall <julien.grall@arm.com>,
Jun Nakajima <jun.nakajima@intel.com>,
xen-devel <xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 09/14] mm / iommu: include need_iommu() test in iommu_use_hap_pt()
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 03:47:30 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5B978F3202000078001E722A@prv1-mh.provo.novell.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1ed1d6509b3043e89ccfe352a9b64ad4@AMSPEX02CL03.citrite.net>
>>> On 11.09.18 at 11:39, <Paul.Durrant@citrix.com> wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jan Beulich [mailto:JBeulich@suse.com]
>> Sent: 07 September 2018 12:20
>> To: Paul Durrant <Paul.Durrant@citrix.com>
>> Cc: Julien Grall <julien.grall@arm.com>; Andrew Cooper
>> <Andrew.Cooper3@citrix.com>; George Dunlap
>> <George.Dunlap@citrix.com>; Jun Nakajima <jun.nakajima@intel.com>;
>> Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org>; xen-devel <xen-
>> devel@lists.xenproject.org>
>> Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 09/14] mm / iommu: include need_iommu() test in
>> iommu_use_hap_pt()
>>
>> >>> On 23.08.18 at 11:47, <paul.durrant@citrix.com> wrote:
>> > The name 'iommu_use_hap_pt' suggests that that P2M table is in use as
>> the
>> > domain's IOMMU pagetable which, prior to this patch, is not strictly true
>> > since the macro did not test whether the domain actually has IOMMU
>> > mappings.
>>
>> Hmm, I would never have implied "has IOMMU mappings" from this
>> variable name. To me it has always been "use HAP page tables for
>> IOMMU if an IOMMU is in use". The code change looks sane, but
>> I'm not sure it is a clear improvement. Hence I wonder whether you
>> have a need for this change in subsequent patches which goes
>> beyond what you say above.
>>
>
> I could take it out but it would mean a non-trivial rebase, and to me - if
> true - the name sill implies the IOMMU is in use for the domain so I'd like to
> keep the change.
Let's broaden the Cc list a little - perhaps we can get further opinions this
way.
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
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 [this message]
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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