[PATCH v4 0/3] Replace private domain with per-group default domain

Lu Baolu baolu.lu at linux.intel.com
Sun May 10 23:16:30 UTC 2020


Hi Joerg,

On 5/6/20 9:59 AM, Lu Baolu wrote:
> Some devices are required to use a specific type (identity or dma) of
> default domain when they are used with a vendor iommu. When the system
> level default domain type is different from it, the vendor iommu driver
> has to request a new default domain with either
> iommu_request_dma_domain_for_dev() or iommu_request_dm_for_dev() in the
> add_dev() callback. Unfortunately, these two helpers only work when the
> group hasn't been assigned to any other devices, hence, some vendor iommu
> driver has to use a private domain if it fails to request a new default
> one.
> 
> Joerg proposed an on-going proposal which makes the default domain
> framework to support configuring per-group default domain during boot
> process.
> 
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/4/14/616
> [This has been applied in iommu/next.]
> 
> Hence, there is no need to keep the private domain implementation
> in the Intel IOMMU driver. This patch series aims to remove it.

Can you please take this series to iommu/next for wider test?

Best regards,
baolu


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