Re: [PATCH 1/1] iommu/vt-d: Remove INTEL_IOMMU_BROKEN_GFX_WA

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Mon Jan 29 2024 - 01:03:20 EST


On Sat, Jan 27, 2024 at 02:45:12PM +0800, Lu Baolu wrote:
> Commit 62edf5dc4a524 ("intel-iommu: Restore DMAR_BROKEN_GFX_WA option for
> broken graphics drivers") was introduced 24 years ago as a temporary
> workaround for graphics drivers that used physical addresses for DMA and
> avoided DMA APIs. This workaround was disabled by default.
>
> As 24 years have passed, it is expected that graphics driver developers
> have migrated their drivers to use kernel DMA APIs. Therefore, this
> workaround is no longer required and could been removed.

How about you Cc the intel graphics maintainers and get a confirmation?