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[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [xen stable-4.17] iommu: fix quarantine mode command line documentation
commit ee4ce011986e5a6e8283d3ca2631a7ceafa9206f
Author: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue Nov 14 13:56:13 2023 +0100
Commit: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Tue Nov 14 13:56:13 2023 +0100
iommu: fix quarantine mode command line documentation
With the addition of per-device quarantine page tables the sink page is now
exclusive for each device, and thus writable. Update the documentation to
reflect the current implementation.
Fixes: 14dd241aad8a ('IOMMU/x86: use per-device page tables for
quarantining')
Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
master commit: 94a5127ebeb4a005f128150909ca78bfea50206a
master date: 2023-10-19 21:52:52 +0100
---
docs/misc/xen-command-line.pandoc | 9 ++++-----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/misc/xen-command-line.pandoc
b/docs/misc/xen-command-line.pandoc
index b92c8f969c..c4afd51a81 100644
--- a/docs/misc/xen-command-line.pandoc
+++ b/docs/misc/xen-command-line.pandoc
@@ -1484,15 +1484,14 @@ boolean (e.g. `iommu=no`) can override this and leave
the IOMMUs disabled.
should be enabled. Quarantining can be done in two ways: In its basic
form, all in-flight DMA will simply be forced to encounter IOMMU
faults. Since there are systems where doing so can cause host lockup,
- an alternative form is available where writes to memory will be made
- fault, but reads will be directed to a scratch page. The implication
- here is that such reads will go unnoticed, i.e. an admin may not
- become aware of the underlying problem.
+ an alternative form is available where accesses to memory will be directed
+ to a scratch page. The implication here is that such accesses will go
+ unnoticed, i.e. an admin may not become aware of the underlying problem.
Therefore, if this option is set to true (the default), Xen always
quarantines such devices; they must be explicitly assigned back to Dom0
before they can be used there again. If set to "scratch-page", still
- active DMA reads will additionally be directed to a "scratch" page. If
+ active DMA operations will additionally be directed to a "scratch" page.
If
set to false, Xen will only quarantine devices the toolstack has arranged
for getting quarantined, and only in the "basic" form.
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