Re: [PATCH v4 08/17] iommufd: Always setup MSI and anforce cc on kernel-managed domains

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On Tue, Oct 17, 2023 at 08:52:49AM +0000, Tian, Kevin wrote:

> > This is why I wanted to get rid of this bad mechanism going forward.
> > 
> > Manually created hwpt should have a manual specification of cc and
> > then we don't have so many problems.
> > 
> > It means userspace needs to compute if they want to use CC or not, but
> > userspace already needs to figure this out since without autodomains
> > it must create two hwpts manually anyhow.
> > 
> 
> Now there is no interface reporting enforce_cc to userspace.

Yes..

> Actually the user doesn't need to know enforce_cc. As long as there is
> an attach incompatibility error the user has to create a 2nd hwpt for
> the to-be-attached device then enforce_cc will be handled automatically
> in hwpt_alloc.

Uh, OK we can do that.. It is a bit hacky because we don't know the
order do
 
> I prefer to removing enforce_cc in attach fn completely then no parent
> trick in this patch. Just keep it in hwpt_alloc and leave to iommu driver to
> figure out the attaching compatibility:

You are basically saying to set the cc mode during creation because we
know the idev at that moment and can tell if it should be on/off?

It seems reasonable, but I can't remember why it is in the attach path
at the moment.

Jason



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