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Re: [PATCH] x86-iommu: Fail flag registration of DEVIOTLB if DT not supp
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Peter Xu |
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Re: [PATCH] x86-iommu: Fail flag registration of DEVIOTLB if DT not supported |
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Wed, 19 Oct 2022 10:01:30 -0400 |
Hi, Eric,
On Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 01:24:15PM +0200, Eric Auger wrote:
> > @@ -1484,6 +1485,13 @@ static int
> > amdvi_iommu_notify_flag_changed(IOMMUMemoryRegion *iommu,
> > PCI_FUNC(as->devfn));
> > return -EINVAL;
> > }
> > +
> > + if ((new & IOMMU_NOTIFIER_DEVIOTLB_UNMAP) && !x86_iommu->dt_supported)
> > {
> > + error_setg_errno(errp, ENOTSUP,
> > + "Device-iotlb not declared support for vIOMMU");
> with current vhost code, vhost will then silently fallbac to UNMAP
> notifier registration and this will succeed. It would be nice to clarify
> whether the vIOMMU works with vhost in this downgraded mode (at least
> ats=off and device-ioltb=off)?
I'm slightly confused, why do we need to clarify that?
As we have discussed, if a device with ATS capability got attached into a
vIOMMU context that does not support ATS, then it should just work like
without ATS without any warning. Isn't this the case here?
Thanks,
--
Peter Xu