> From: Nicolin Chen <nicolinc@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2023 3:10 AM
>
> On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 02:55:57PM -0300, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 24, 2023 at 04:03:57AM -0700, Yi Liu wrote:
> >
> > > + switch (pt_obj->type) {
> > > + case IOMMUFD_OBJ_IOAS:
> > > + ioas = container_of(pt_obj, struct iommufd_ioas, obj);
> > > + break;
> > > + case IOMMUFD_OBJ_HW_PAGETABLE:
> > > + /* pt_id points HWPT only when hwpt_type
> is !IOMMU_HWPT_TYPE_DEFAULT */
> > > + if (cmd->hwpt_type == IOMMU_HWPT_TYPE_DEFAULT) {
> > > + rc = -EINVAL;
> > > + goto out_put_pt;
> > > + }
> > > +
> > > + parent = container_of(pt_obj, struct iommufd_hw_pagetable, obj);
> > > + /*
> > > + * Cannot allocate user-managed hwpt linking to auto_created
> > > + * hwpt. If the parent hwpt is already a user-managed hwpt,
> > > + * don't allocate another user-managed hwpt linking to it.
> > > + */
> > > + if (parent->auto_domain || parent->parent) {
> > > + rc = -EINVAL;
> > > + goto out_put_pt;
> > > + }
> > > + ioas = parent->ioas;
> >
> > Why do we set ioas here? I would think it should be NULL.
> >
> > I think it is looking like a mistake to try and re-use
> > iommufd_hw_pagetable_alloc() directly for the nested case. It should
> > not have a IOAS argument, it should not do enforce_cc, or iopt_*
> > functions
> >
> > So must of the function is removed. Probably better to make a new
> > ioas-less function for the nesting case.
>
> OK.
>
> @Yi, along with the PATCH-6 (IOMMU_RESV_SW_MSI), I will rework
> on this -- mainly breaking up NESTED hwpt with IOAS.
Thanks. Then I'll address the hw_info comments first.
Regards,
Yi Liu
