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> Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 4:33 AM
> To: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Joerg Roedel <joro@xxxxxxxxxx>;
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 7/9] vfio/mdev: Add iommu related member in
> mdev_device
>
>
>
> On 3/25/2019 7:00 AM, Lu Baolu wrote:
> > A parent device might create different types of mediated devices. For
> > example, a mediated device could be created by the parent device with
> > full isolation and protection provided by the IOMMU. One usage case
> > could be found on Intel platforms where a mediated device is an
> > assignable subset of a PCI, the DMA requests on behalf of it are all
> > tagged with a PASID. Since IOMMU supports PASID-granular translations
> > (scalable mode in VT-d 3.0), this mediated device could be
> > individually protected and isolated by an IOMMU.
> >
> > This patch adds a new member in the struct mdev_device to indicate
> > that the mediated device represented by mdev could be isolated and
> > protected by attaching a domain to a device represented by
> > mdev->iommu_device. It also adds a helper to add or set the iommu
> > device.
> >
> > * mdev_device->iommu_device
> > - This, if set, indicates that the mediated device could
> > be fully isolated and protected by IOMMU via attaching
> > an iommu domain to this device. If empty, it indicates
> > using vendor defined isolation, hence bypass IOMMU.
> >
> > * mdev_set/get_iommu_device(dev, iommu_device)
> > - Set or get the iommu device which represents this mdev
> > in IOMMU's device scope. Drivers don't need to set the
> > iommu device if it uses vendor defined isolation.
> >
> > Cc: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Liu Yi L <yi.l.liu@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Suggested-by: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Suggested-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Jean-Philippe Brucker <jean-philippe.brucker@xxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
> > drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_private.h | 1 +
> > include/linux/mdev.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
> > 3 files changed, 33 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c
> > b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c index b96fedc77ee5..1b6435529166
> > 100644
> > --- a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c
> > +++ b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c
> > @@ -390,6 +390,24 @@ int mdev_device_remove(struct device *dev, bool
> force_remove)
> > return 0;
> > }
> >
> > +int mdev_set_iommu_device(struct device *dev, struct device
> > +*iommu_device) {
> > + struct mdev_device *mdev = to_mdev_device(dev);
> > +
> > + mdev->iommu_device = iommu_device;
> > +
> > + return 0;
> > +}
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(mdev_set_iommu_device);
> > +
> > +struct device *mdev_get_iommu_device(struct device *dev) {
> > + struct mdev_device *mdev = to_mdev_device(dev);
> > +
> > + return mdev->iommu_device;
> > +}
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(mdev_get_iommu_device);
> > +
> > static int __init mdev_init(void)
> > {
> > return mdev_bus_register();
> > diff --git a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_private.h
> > b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_private.h
> > index 379758c52b1b..bfb7b22a7cb6 100644
> > --- a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_private.h
> > +++ b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_private.h
> > @@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ struct mdev_device {
> > struct list_head next;
> > struct kobject *type_kobj;
> > bool active;
> > + struct device *iommu_device;
> > };
> >
This is not a performance path, but it is a good practice to create naturally aligned/packed structures.
You should define struct device *iommu_device; before bool active.
