[Xen-devel] [PATCHv5 0/4] dma, x86, xen: reduce SWIOTLB usage in Xen guests

[David Vrabel <david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On systems where DMA addresses and physical addresses are not 1:1
(such as Xen PV guests), the generic dma_get_required_mask() will not
return the correct mask (since it uses max_pfn).

Some device drivers (such as mptsas, mpt2sas) use
dma_get_required_mask() to set the device's DMA mask to allow them to use
only 32-bit DMA addresses in hardware structures.  This results in
unnecessary use of the SWIOTLB if DMA addresses are more than 32-bits,
impacting performance significantly.

This series allows Xen PV guests to override the default
dma_get_required_mask() with a more suitable one.

Changes in v5:
- xen_swiotlb_get_required_mask() is x86 only.

Changes in v4:
- Assume 64-bit mask is required.

Changes in v3:
- fix off-by-one in xen_dma_get_required_mask()
- split ia64 changes into separate patch.

Changes in v2:
- split x86 and xen changes into separate patches

David


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