Re: [PATCH RFC 08/12] iommufd: IOCTLs for the io_pagetable

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On Fri, 18 Mar 2022 14:27:33 -0300
Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> +static int conv_iommu_prot(u32 map_flags)
> +{
> +	int iommu_prot;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * We provide no manual cache coherency ioctls to userspace and most
> +	 * architectures make the CPU ops for cache flushing privileged.
> +	 * Therefore we require the underlying IOMMU to support CPU coherent
> +	 * operation.
> +	 */
> +	iommu_prot = IOMMU_CACHE;

Where is this requirement enforced?  AIUI we'd need to test
IOMMU_CAP_CACHE_COHERENCY somewhere since functions like
intel_iommu_map() simply drop the flag when not supported by HW.

This also seems like an issue relative to vfio compatibility that I
don't see mentioned in that patch.  Thanks,

Alex

> +	if (map_flags & IOMMU_IOAS_MAP_WRITEABLE)
> +		iommu_prot |= IOMMU_WRITE;
> +	if (map_flags & IOMMU_IOAS_MAP_READABLE)
> +		iommu_prot |= IOMMU_READ;
> +	return iommu_prot;
> +}





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