From: Rahul Singh <Rahul.Singh@arm.com>
To: Julien Grall <julien@xen.org>
Cc: Bertrand Marquis <Bertrand.Marquis@arm.com>,
Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org>,
"xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org" <xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org>,
Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>,
George Dunlap <george.dunlap@citrix.com>,
Ian Jackson <iwj@xenproject.org>, Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>,
Wei Liu <wl@xen.org>, Paul Durrant <paul@xen.org>,
Volodymyr Babchuk <Volodymyr_Babchuk@epam.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 8/8] xen/arm: Add support for SMMUv3 driver
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2020 18:37:08 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <FEBC2AAF-C15B-4CEC-9FCC-FEA94714421D@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <47bf1e5d-9e9e-d455-f6d8-5ddec0367ef2@xen.org>
Hello Julien,
> On 9 Dec 2020, at 9:18 am, Julien Grall <julien@xen.org> wrote:
>
>
>
> On 09/12/2020 07:55, Bertrand Marquis wrote:
>> Hi,
>
> Hi,
>
>> I also agree with the issue on the spinlock but we have no equivalent of something
>> looking like a mutex for now in Xen so this would require some major redesign and
>> will take us far from the linux driver.
>
> I agree that keeping the Xen implementation close to the Linux one is important. However, I view this has a the secondary goal. The primary goal is to have a safe and secure driver.
>
> If it means introducing a new set of lock or diverging from Linux, then so it be.
>> I would suggest to add a comment before this part of the code with a “TODO” so that
>> it is clear inside the code.
>> We could also add some comment in Kconfig to mention this possible “faulty” behaviour.
>
> I think it would be enough to write in the Kconfig that the driver is "experimental and should not be used in production”.
Ok . I will add in Kconfig.
>
> Ideally, I would like a list of known issues for the driver (could be in the cover letter or/and at the top of the source file) so we can track what's missing to get it supported.
I will list all known issues and short coming of the driver at the top of the source file.
Regards,
Rahul
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
> Julien Grall
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Thread overview: 53+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-11-26 17:01 [PATCH v2 0/8] xen/arm: Add support for SMMUv3 driver Rahul Singh
2020-11-26 17:02 ` [PATCH v2 1/8] xen/arm: Import the SMMUv3 driver from Linux Rahul Singh
2020-12-01 22:01 ` Stefano Stabellini
2020-11-26 17:02 ` [PATCH v2 2/8] xen/arm: revert atomic operation related command-queue insertion patch Rahul Singh
2020-12-01 22:23 ` Stefano Stabellini
2020-12-02 13:05 ` Rahul Singh
2020-12-02 13:44 ` Julien Grall
2020-12-03 11:49 ` Rahul Singh
2020-11-26 17:02 ` [PATCH v2 3/8] xen/arm: revert patch related to XArray Rahul Singh
2020-12-02 0:20 ` Stefano Stabellini
2020-12-02 13:46 ` Julien Grall
2020-12-03 12:57 ` Rahul Singh
2020-12-04 8:52 ` Julien Grall
2020-11-26 17:02 ` [PATCH v2 4/8] xen/arm: Remove support for MSI on SMMUv3 Rahul Singh
2020-12-02 0:33 ` Stefano Stabellini
2020-12-02 0:40 ` Stefano Stabellini
2020-12-02 13:12 ` Rahul Singh
2020-12-02 14:11 ` Julien Grall
2020-12-03 12:59 ` Rahul Singh
2020-11-26 17:02 ` [PATCH v2 5/8] xen/arm: Remove support for PCI ATS " Rahul Singh
2020-12-02 0:39 ` Stefano Stabellini
2020-12-02 13:07 ` Rahul Singh
2020-12-02 13:57 ` Julien Grall
2020-11-26 17:02 ` [PATCH v2 6/8] xen/arm: Remove support for Stage-1 translation " Rahul Singh
2020-12-02 0:53 ` Stefano Stabellini
2020-12-02 13:13 ` Rahul Singh
2020-11-26 17:02 ` [PATCH v2 7/8] xen/arm: Remove Linux specific code that is not usable in XEN Rahul Singh
2020-12-02 1:48 ` Stefano Stabellini
2020-12-02 14:34 ` Rahul Singh
2020-12-02 14:39 ` Julien Grall
2020-12-02 14:45 ` Julien Grall
2020-12-03 14:33 ` Rahul Singh
2020-12-04 9:05 ` Julien Grall
2020-12-07 10:36 ` Rahul Singh
2020-12-07 10:55 ` Julien Grall
2020-11-26 17:02 ` [PATCH v2 8/8] xen/arm: Add support for SMMUv3 driver Rahul Singh
2020-12-02 2:51 ` Stefano Stabellini
2020-12-02 16:27 ` Rahul Singh
2020-12-02 19:26 ` Rahul Singh
2020-12-02 16:47 ` Julien Grall
2020-12-03 4:13 ` Stefano Stabellini
2020-12-03 14:40 ` Rahul Singh
2020-12-03 18:47 ` Stefano Stabellini
2020-12-07 8:33 ` Rahul Singh
2020-12-02 16:22 ` Julien Grall
2020-12-07 12:12 ` Rahul Singh
2020-12-07 17:39 ` Julien Grall
2020-12-07 18:42 ` Rahul Singh
2020-12-08 19:05 ` Julien Grall
2020-12-09 1:19 ` Stefano Stabellini
2020-12-09 7:55 ` Bertrand Marquis
2020-12-09 9:18 ` Julien Grall
2020-12-09 18:37 ` Rahul Singh [this message]
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