Re: [PATCH v6 5/8] iommu: Add bounce page APIs

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Fri Aug 16 2019 - 00:46:21 EST


On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 10:45:13AM +0800, Lu Baolu wrote:
> Okay. I understand that adding these APIs in iommu.c is not a good idea.
> And, I also don't think merging the bounce buffer implementation into
> iommu_map() is feasible since iommu_map() is not DMA API centric.
>
> The bounce buffer implementation will eventually be part of DMA APIs
> defined in dma-iommu.c, but currently those APIs are not ready for x86
> use yet. So I will put them in iommu/vt-d driver for this time being and
> will move them to dma-iommu.c later.

I think they are more or less ready actually, we just need more people
reviewing the conversions. Tom just reposted the AMD one which will need
a few more reviews, and he has an older patchset for intel-iommu as well
that could use a some more eyes.