Re: [RFCv2 05/16] x86/kvm: Make VirtIO use DMA API in KVM guest

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To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [RFCv2 05/16] x86/kvm: Make VirtIO use DMA API in KVM guest
From: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2020 15:47:24 +0300
Cc: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>, Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@xxxxxxxxx>, Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>, Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Jim Mattson <jmattson@xxxxxxxxxx>, Joerg Roedel <joro@xxxxxxxxxx>, David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>, Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx>, Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Will Drewry <wad@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Edgecombe, Rick P" <rick.p.edgecombe@xxxxxxxxx>, "Kleen, Andi" <andi.kleen@xxxxxxxxx>, Liran Alon <liran.alon@xxxxxxxxxx>, Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>, x86@xxxxxxxxxx, kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 09:06:58AM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> NAK.  Any virtio implementation that needs special DMA OPS treatment
> needs to set the VIRTIO_F_ACCESS_PLATFORM bit.  The only reason the
> Xen hack existst is because it slipped in a long time ago and we can't
> fix that any more.

Thanks. Will fix.

-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov

References:
- [RFCv2 00/16] KVM protected memory extension
  - From: Kirill A. Shutemov
- [RFCv2 05/16] x86/kvm: Make VirtIO use DMA API in KVM guest
  - From: Kirill A. Shutemov
- Re: [RFCv2 05/16] x86/kvm: Make VirtIO use DMA API in KVM guest
  - From: Christoph Hellwig

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