RE: [PATCH 00/17] Add Intel VT-d nested translation

[Shameerali Kolothum Thodi]

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> Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/17] Add Intel VT-d nested translation
> 
> Hi Shameer,
> 
> On Thu, Feb 09, 2023 at 10:11:42AM +0000, Shameerali Kolothum Thodi
> wrote:
> 
> > > This series first introduces new iommu op for allocating domains for
> > > iommufd,
> > > and op for syncing iotlb for first stage page table modifications, and then
> > > add the implementation of the new ops in intel-iommu driver. After this
> > > preparation, adds kernel-managed and user-managed hw_pagetable
> > > allocation for
> > > userspace. Last, add self-test for the new ioctls.
> > >
> > > This series is based on "[PATCH 0/6] iommufd: Add iommu capability
> > > reporting"[1]
> > > and Nicolin's "[PATCH v2 00/10] Add IO page table replacement
> support"[2].
> > > Complete
> > > code can be found in[3]. Draft Qemu code can be found in[4].
> > >
> > > Basic test done with DSA device on VT-d. Where the guest has a vIOMMU
> > > built
> > > with nested translation.
> 
> > Thanks for sending this out. Will go through this one. As I informed before
> we keep
> > an internal branch based on your work and rebase few patches to get the
> ARM
> > SMMUv3 nesting support. The recent one is based on your
> "iommufd-v6.2-rc4-nesting"
> > branch and is here,
> >
> >
> https://github.com/hisilicon/kernel-dev/commits/iommufd-v6.2-rc4-nesting
> -arm
> >
> > Just wondering any chance the latest "Add SMMUv3 nesting support"
> series will
> > be send out soon? Please let me know if you need any help with that.
> 
> I had an initial discussion with Robin/Jason regarding the SMMUv3
> nesting series, and I received quite a few inputs so I'd need to
> finish reworking before sending out -- hopefully we can see them
> in the maillist in the following weeks.

Thanks for that update. Sure, looking forward to it.

Shameer