Re: [PATCH 2/2] iommu/dma: Fix zero'ing of bounce buffer padding used by untrusted devices

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Sun, Apr 07, 2024 at 09:11:42PM -0700, mhkelley58@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I've wondered if this code for zero'ing the pre- and post-padding
> should go in swiotlb_tbl_map_single(). The bounce buffer proper is
> already being initialized there. But swiotlb_tbl_map_single()
> would need to test for an untrusted device (or have a "zero the
> padding" flag passed in as part of the "attrs" argument), which
> adds complexity. Thoughts?

If we want to go down that route it should be the latter.  I'm
not sure if it is an improvement, but we'd have to implement it
to see if it does.

> The commit ID of Petr's patch is X'ed out above because Petr's patch
> hasn't gone into Linus' tree yet. We can add the real commit ID once
> this patch is ready to go in.

I've fixed that up and commit the series.

Thanks a lot!