Re: [RFC] /dev/ioasid uAPI proposal

From: Jason Gunthorpe
Date: Tue Jun 01 2021 - 13:33:31 EST


On Tue, Jun 01, 2021 at 08:30:35PM +0800, Lu Baolu wrote:

> The drivers register per page table fault handlers to /dev/ioasid which
> will then register itself to iommu core to listen and route the per-
> device I/O page faults.

I'm still confused why drivers need fault handlers at all?

Jason