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Re: [PATCH v6 6/6] xen/arm: ffa: Enable VM to VM without firmware



Hi Bertrand,

On Thu, May 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM Bertrand Marquis
<bertrand.marquis@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> When VM to VM support is activated and there is no suitable FF-A support
> in the firmware, enable FF-A support for VMs to allow using it for VM to
> VM communications.
> If there is OP-TEE running in the secure world and using the non FF-A
> communication system, having CONFIG_FFA_VM_TO_VM could be non functional
> (if optee is probed first) or OP-TEE could be non functional (if FF-A is
> probed first) so it is not recommended to activate the configuration
> option for such systems.
>
> To make buffer full notification work between VMs when there is no
> firmware, rework the notification handling and modify the global flag to
> only be used as check for firmware notification support instead.
>
> Also split probe function into one for firmware and one for vm to vm to
> make the implementation clearer.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bertrand Marquis <bertrand.marquis@xxxxxxx>

Looks good!

Reviewed-by: Jens Wiklander <jens.wiklander@xxxxxxxxxx>

Cheers,
Jens



 


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