Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] iommu: Extend changing default domain to normal group

[Baolu Lu]

On 2/17/23 11:47 PM, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 05:47:30PM +0800, Lu Baolu wrote:
> > The IOMMU group sysfs interface allows users to change the default
> > domain of a group. The current implementation uses device_lock() to make
> > sure that the devices in the group are not bound to any driver and won't
> > be bound during the process of changing the default domain. In order to
> > avoid a possible deadlock caused by lock order of device_lock and
> > group->mutex, it limits the functionality to singleton groups only.
> >
> > The recently implemented DMA ownership framework can be applied here to
> > replace device_lock(). In addition, use group->mutex to ensure that the
> > iommu ops of the devices is always valid during the process of changing
> > default domain.
> >
> > With above replacement and enhancement, the device_lock() could be
> > removed and the singleton-group-only limitation could be removed.
> >
> > The whole series is also available on github:
> > https://github.com/LuBaolu/intel-iommu/commits/iommu-sysfs-default-domain-extension-v2
> >
> > This series is on top of below series from Robin,
> > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-iommu/cover.1674753627.git.robin.murphy@xxxxxxx/
> >
> > Please help to review and suggest.
> Given the overall situation, I think my suggestion to use
> arm_iommu_release_device() might be more short term practical.

Yes. Fair enough.

Best regards,
baolu