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

From: Baolu Lu
Date: Wed Nov 29 2023 - 22:48:49 EST


On 2023/11/30 4:08, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
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

Yes. It's better to do this in iommufd. With that done, we can then
remove this code.

Best regards,
baolu