RE: [PATCH v2 02/12] iommu/vt-d: Manage scalalble mode PASID tables

From: Tian, Kevin
Date: Wed Sep 05 2018 - 22:54:54 EST


> From: Lu Baolu [mailto:baolu.lu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, September 6, 2018 10:46 AM
>
[...]
> >> @@ -143,8 +142,9 @@ int intel_pasid_alloc_table(struct device *dev)
> >> return -ENOMEM;
> >> INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pasid_table->dev);
> >>
> >> - size = sizeof(struct pasid_entry);
> >> + size = sizeof(struct pasid_dir_entry);
> >> count = min_t(int, pci_max_pasids(to_pci_dev(dev)),
> >> intel_pasid_max_id);
> >> + count >>= PASID_PDE_SHIFT;
> >> order = get_order(size * count);
> >> pages = alloc_pages_node(info->iommu->node,
> >> GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_ZERO,
> >> @@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ int intel_pasid_alloc_table(struct device *dev)
> >>
> >> pasid_table->table = page_address(pages);
> >> pasid_table->order = order;
> >> - pasid_table->max_pasid = count;
> >> + pasid_table->max_pasid = count << PASID_PDE_SHIFT;
> >
> > are you sure of that count is PDE_SHIFT aligned? otherwise >>
> > then << would lose some bits. If sure, then better add some check.
>
> I am making the max_pasid PDE_SHIFT aligned as the result of shift
> operations.
>

earlier:
> >> count = min_t(int, pci_max_pasids(to_pci_dev(dev)),
> >> intel_pasid_max_id);

so you decided to truncate count to be PDE_SHIFT aligned. Is PASID
value user configurable? if not, then it's fine.

> >
> >>
> >> attach_out:
> >> device_attach_pasid_table(info, pasid_table);
> >> @@ -162,14 +162,33 @@ int intel_pasid_alloc_table(struct device *dev)
> >> return 0;
> >> }
> >>
> >> +/* Get PRESENT bit of a PASID directory entry. */
> >> +static inline bool
> >> +pasid_pde_is_present(struct pasid_dir_entry *pde)
> >> +{
> >> + return READ_ONCE(pde->val) & PASID_PTE_PRESENT;
> >
> > curious why adding READ_ONCE specifically for PASID structure,
> > but not used for any other existing vtd structures? Is it to address
> > some specific requirement on PASID structure as defined in spec?
>
> READ/WRITE_ONCE are used in pasid entry read/write to prevent the
> compiler from merging, refetching or reordering successive instances of
> read/write.
>

that's fine. I'm just curious why this is the first user of such macros
in intel-iommu driver. Even before with ecs we have PASID table too.

Thanks
Kevin