Re: [PATCH] iommu: Update "iommu.strict" documentation

From: Lu Baolu
Date: Tue Jun 15 2021 - 03:07:06 EST


On 6/14/21 10:57 PM, Robin Murphy wrote:
Consolidating the flush queue logic also meant that the "iommu.strict"
option started taking effect on x86 as well. Make sure we document that.

Fixes: a250c23f15c2 ("iommu: remove DOMAIN_ATTR_DMA_USE_FLUSH_QUEUE")
Signed-off-by: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@xxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index cb89dbdedc46..20a32de990ed 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1987,7 +1987,7 @@
forcing Dual Address Cycle for PCI cards supporting
greater than 32-bit addressing.
- iommu.strict= [ARM64] Configure TLB invalidation behaviour
+ iommu.strict= [ARM64, X86] Configure TLB invalidation behaviour
Format: { "0" | "1" }
0 - Lazy mode.
Request that DMA unmap operations use deferred
@@ -1998,6 +1998,10 @@
1 - Strict mode (default).
DMA unmap operations invalidate IOMMU hardware TLBs
synchronously.
+ Note: on x86, the default behaviour depends on the
+ equivalent driver-specific parameters, but a strict
+ mode explicitly specified by either method takes
+ precedence.
iommu.passthrough=
[ARM64, X86] Configure DMA to bypass the IOMMU by default.


Reviewed-by: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Best regards,
baolu