[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 2/6] iommu: Introduce iommu_flush and iommu_flush_all.
On Tuesday 08 November 2011 11:25:15 Jean Guyader wrote: > On 08/11 08:24, Jan Beulich wrote: > > >>> On 07.11.11 at 18:06, Jean Guyader <jean.guyader@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > >>> wrote: > > > > > > On 07/11 04:42, Jan Beulich wrote: > > >> >>> On 07.11.11 at 16:16, Jean Guyader <jean.guyader@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > >> >>> wrote: > > >> > > > >> > Signed-off-by: Jean Guyader <jean.guyader@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > >> > --- > > >> > xen/drivers/passthrough/iommu.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ > > >> > xen/drivers/passthrough/vtd/iommu.c | 12 ++++++++++++ > > >> > xen/include/xen/iommu.h | 5 +++++ > > >> > 3 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > >> > > >> In iommu_iotlb_flush() you check whether the to-be-called function > > >> pointer is NULL, whereas in iommu_iotlb_flush_all() you don't. I > > >> actually think the second behavior is the correct one, but that > > >> implies that you need to also implement respective AMD IOMMU > > >> functions. > > > > > > Yes, It's an error on my part. I've updated the patch to check > > > for the present of iotlb_flush_all before I call it now. > > > > But as said, I don't think this is the right solution: How can it be > > correct on non-Intel hardware to have these functions simply do > > nothing? > > These functions are only here to counter balance the dont_flush_iotlb_flag. > If they don't acknowlage this flag doing nothing is the right thing to do. > > That said I can probably implement a naive version for the AMD iommu > that will use amd_iommu_flush_pages once or in a loop. There are some pending patches that enable ats / iotlb flush for amd iommu. Then, you might want to use functions: amd_iommu_flush_iotlb and amd_iommu_flush_all_iotlbs for this. Thanks, Wei > Obviously I will remove the check for the non existing callback if I do > that as it become mandatory. > > Jean > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-devel mailing list > Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
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