Re: [PATCH 1/1] iommu/vt-d: Support enforce_cache_coherency only for empty domains

From: Jason Gunthorpe
Date: Wed Nov 29 2023 - 15:08:40 EST


On Tue, Nov 14, 2023 at 09:10:33AM +0800, Lu Baolu wrote:
> diff --git a/drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.h b/drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.h
> index 65d37a138c75..ce030c5b5772 100644
> --- a/drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.h
> +++ b/drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.h
> @@ -602,6 +602,9 @@ struct dmar_domain {
> */
> u8 dirty_tracking:1; /* Dirty tracking is enabled */
> u8 nested_parent:1; /* Has other domains nested on it */
> + u8 has_mappings:1; /* Has mappings configured through
> + * iommu_map() interface.
> + */

Is it racey?

The other option is to make iommfd do this and forbid it from
switching the enforce_cache_coherency if the IOAS has any maps
attached. We can get the correct locking at that point.

AMD has the same issue if it ever wants to implement its per-PTE bit

Jason