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SubjectRe: [PATCH v4 09/12] iommu/vt-d: Add iotlb flush for nested domain
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On 2023/8/3 12:00, Tian, Kevin wrote:
>> From: Baolu Lu <baolu.lu@linux.intel.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, August 3, 2023 11:25 AM
>>
>> On 2023/8/2 15:46, Tian, Kevin wrote:
>>>> From: Liu, Yi L <yi.l.liu@intel.com>
>>>> Sent: Monday, July 24, 2023 7:14 PM
>>>>
>>>> +
>>>> + spin_lock_irqsave(&dmar_domain->lock, flags);
>>>> + list_for_each_entry(info, &dmar_domain->devices, link)
>>>> + intel_nested_invalidate(info->dev, dmar_domain,
>>>> + req->addr, req->npages);
>>>> + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dmar_domain->lock, flags);
>>>
>>> Disabling interrupt while invalidating iotlb is certainly unacceptable.
>>>
>>> Actually there is no need to walk devices. Under dmar_domain there
>>> is already a list of attached iommu's.
>>
>> Walking device is only necessary when invalidating device TLB. For iotlb
>> invalidation, it only needs to know the iommu's.
>>
>
> even for device tlb we may think whether there is any better way
> to avoid disabling interrupt. It's a slow path, especially in a guest.

I ever tried this. But some device drivers call iommu_unmap() in the
interrupt critical path. :-( So we have a long way to go.

Best regards,
baolu

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