Re: [PATCH] iommu: explicitly check for NULL in iommu_dma_get_resv_regions()

[Aleksandr Fedorov]

> On 2022-02-09 14:09, Aleksandr Fedorov wrote:
>> iommu_dma_get_resv_regions() assumes that iommu_fwspec field for
>> corresponding device is set which is not always true. Since
>> iommu_dma_get_resv_regions() seems to be a future-proof generic API
>> that can be used by any iommu driver, add an explicit check for NULL.
> 
> Except it's not a "generic" interface for drivers to call at random,
> it's a helper for retrieving common firmware-based information
> specifically for drivers already using the fwspec mechanism for common
> firmware bindings. If any driver calls this with a device *without* a
> valid fwnode, it deserves to crash because it's done something
> fundamentally wrong.
> 
> I concur that it's not exactly obvious that "non-IOMMU-specific" means
> "based on common firmware bindings, thus implying fwspec".

Thanks for the explanations, yes, this was the misunderstanding on my
part. Maybe add a comment?

diff --git a/drivers/iommu/dma-iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/dma-iommu.c
index d85d54f2b549..ce5e7d4d054a 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/dma-iommu.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/dma-iommu.c
@@ -379,6 +379,9 @@ void iommu_put_dma_cookie(struct iommu_domain *domain)
  * for general non-IOMMU-specific reservations. Currently, this covers GICv3
  * ITS region reservation on ACPI based ARM platforms that may require HW MSI
  * reservation.
+ *
+ * Note that this helper is meant to be used only by drivers that are already
+ * using the fwspec mechanism for common firmware bindings.
  */
 void iommu_dma_get_resv_regions(struct device *dev, struct list_head *list)
 {