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

Jerry Snitselaar jsnitsel at redhat.com
Tue May 12 17:05:03 UTC 2020


On Wed May 06 20, 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.
>
>Best regards,
>baolu
>
>Change log:
>v3->v4:
> - Make the commit message of the first patch more comprehensive.
>
>v2->v3:
> - Port necessary patches on the top of Joerg's new proposal.
>   https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/4/14/616
>   The per-group default domain proposed previously in this series
>   will be deprecated due to a race concern between domain switching
>   and device driver probing.
>
>v1->v2:
> - Rename the iommu ops callback to def_domain_type
>
>Lu Baolu (3):
>  iommu/vt-d: Allow 32bit devices to uses DMA domain
>  iommu/vt-d: Allow PCI sub-hierarchy to use DMA domain
>  iommu/vt-d: Apply per-device dma_ops
>
> drivers/iommu/intel-iommu.c | 396 +++---------------------------------
> 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 370 deletions(-)
>
>-- 
>2.17.1
>

Reviewed-by: Jerry Snitselaar <jsnitsel at redhat.com>



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