RE: [PATCH v3] iommufd: Only enforce cache coherency in iommufd_hw_pagetable_alloc

From: Tian, Kevin
Date: Mon Oct 23 2023 - 21:18:49 EST


> From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2023 7:05 AM
>
> On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 11:57:00AM -0700, Nicolin Chen wrote:
> > According to the conversion in the following link:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-
> iommu/20231020135501.GG3952@xxxxxxxxxx/
> >
> > The enforce_cache_coherency should be set/enforced in the hwpt
> allocation
> > routine. The iommu driver in its attach_dev() op should decide whether to
> > reject or not a device that doesn't match with the configuration of cache
> > coherency. Drop the enforce_cache_coherency piece in the attach/replace()
> > and move the remaining "num_devices" piece closer to the refcount that is
> > using it.
> >
> > Accordingly drop its function prototype in the header and mark it static.
> > Also add some extra comments to clarify the expected behaviors.
> >
> > Suggested-by: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Nicolin Chen <nicolinc@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > Changelog
> > v3:
> > * Reworked the first line of the added commets.
> > v2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231023035733.27378-1-
> nicolinc@xxxxxxxxxx/
> > * Dropped "fixes" tags and merged two patches into one (Jason)
> > * Added comments to the remaining enforce_cache_coherency call (Jason)
> > [Please feel free to rephrase, or let me know what to change.]
> > * Replace "num_devices++" with list_for_each_entry (Baolu)
> > v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/cover.1697848510.git.nicolinc@xxxxxxxxxx/
> >
> > drivers/iommu/iommufd/device.c | 20 ++------------------
> > drivers/iommu/iommufd/hw_pagetable.c | 9 ++++++++-
> > drivers/iommu/iommufd/iommufd_private.h | 1 -
> > 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
>
> This looks OK to me, Kevin is it what you think it should be now?
>

This looks good.

Reviewed-by: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@xxxxxxxxx>