Re: [PATCH v7 1/3] iommufd: Add data structure for Intel VT-d stage-1 cache invalidation

[Jason Gunthorpe]

On Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 08:26:31AM +0000, Tian, Kevin wrote:
> > From: Liu, Yi L <yi.l.liu@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, November 17, 2023 9:18 PM
> > 
> > This adds the data structure for flushing iotlb for the nested domain
> > allocated with IOMMU_HWPT_DATA_VTD_S1 type.
> > 
> > This only supports invalidating IOTLB, but no for device-TLB as device-TLB
> > invalidation will be covered automatically in the IOTLB invalidation if the
> > underlying IOMMU driver has enabled ATS for the affected device.
> 
> "no for device-TLB" is misleading. Here just say that cache invalidation
> request applies to both IOTLB and device TLB (if ATS is enabled ...)

I think we should forward the ATS invalidation from the guest too?
That is what ARM and AMD will have to do, can we keep them all
consistent?

I understand Intel keeps track of enough stuff to know what the RIDs
are, but is it necessary to make it different?

Jason