Re: [PATCH 2/3 for-next] pvscsi: Limit ring pages for swiotlb

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On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 01:55:02PM -0700, Jim Gill wrote:
> A large number of outstanding scsi commands can
>  completely fill up the allowable DMA size. Typically this happens with
>  SWIOTLB and SEV encryption active. While this is harmless for the scsi middle
>  layer, it floods the kernel log with error messages and can cause other
>  device drivers to error. Reduce the number of ring pages to 1 if we detect
>  DMA size restrictions.

Umm, no.  Drivers have absolutely no business checking
mem_encrypt_active().



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