Re: [PATCH 0/2] Introduce PCI_FIXUP_IOMMU

From: Bjorn Helgaas
Date: Tue Jun 09 2020 - 12:49:33 EST


On Tue, Jun 09, 2020 at 11:15:06AM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 6:02 AM Zhangfei Gao <zhangfei.gao@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On 2020/6/9 äå12:41, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jun 08, 2020 at 10:54:15AM +0800, Zhangfei Gao wrote:
> > >> On 2020/6/6 äå7:19, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> > >>>> +++ b/drivers/iommu/iommu.c
> > >>>> @@ -2418,6 +2418,10 @@ int iommu_fwspec_init(struct device *dev, struct
> > >>>> fwnode_handle *iommu_fwnode,
> > >>>> fwspec->iommu_fwnode = iommu_fwnode;
> > >>>> fwspec->ops = ops;
> > >>>> dev_iommu_fwspec_set(dev, fwspec);
> > >>>> +
> > >>>> + if (dev_is_pci(dev))
> > >>>> + pci_fixup_device(pci_fixup_final, to_pci_dev(dev));
> > >>>> +
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Then pci_fixup_final will be called twice, the first in pci_bus_add_device.
> > >>>> Here in iommu_fwspec_init is the second time, specifically for iommu_fwspec.
> > >>>> Will send this when 5.8-rc1 is open.
> > >>> Wait, this whole fixup approach seems wrong to me. No matter how you
> > >>> do the fixup, it's still a fixup, which means it requires ongoing
> > >>> maintenance. Surely we don't want to have to add the Vendor/Device ID
> > >>> for every new AMBA device that comes along, do we?
> > >>>
> > >> Here the fake pci device has standard PCI cfg space, but physical
> > >> implementation is base on AMBA
> > >> They can provide pasid feature.
> > >> However,
> > >> 1, does not support tlp since they are not real pci devices.
> > >> 2. does not support pri, instead support stall (provided by smmu)
> > >> And stall is not a pci feature, so it is not described in struct pci_dev,
> > >> but in struct iommu_fwspec.
> > >> So we use this fixup to tell pci system that the devices can support stall,
> > >> and hereby support pasid.
> > > This did not answer my question. Are you proposing that we update a
> > > quirk every time a new AMBA device is released? I don't think that
> > > would be a good model.
> >
> > Yes, you are right, but we do not have any better idea yet.
> > Currently we have three fake pci devices, which support stall and pasid.
> > We have to let pci system know the device can support pasid, because of
> > stall feature, though not support pri.
> > Do you have any other ideas?
>
> It sounds like the best way would be to allocate a PCI capability for it, so
> detection can be done through config space, at least in future devices,
> or possibly after a firmware update if the config space in your system
> is controlled by firmware somewhere. Once there is a proper mechanism
> to do this, using fixups to detect the early devices that don't use that
> should be uncontroversial. I have no idea what the process or timeline
> is to add new capabilities into the PCIe specification, or if this one
> would be acceptable to the PCI SIG at all.

That sounds like a possibility. The spec already defines a
Vendor-Specific Extended Capability (PCIe r5.0, sec 7.9.5) that might
be a candidate.

> If detection cannot be done through PCI config space, the next best
> alternative is to pass auxiliary data through firmware. On DT based
> machines, you can list non-hotpluggable PCIe devices and add custom
> properties that could be read during device enumeration. I assume
> ACPI has something similar, but I have not done that.

ACPI has _DSM (ACPI v6.3, sec 9.1.1), which might be a candidate. I
like this better than a PCI capability because the property you need
to expose is not a PCI property.