Re: [PATCH RFCv1 07/14] iommufd: Add viommu set/unset_dev_id ops

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On Fri, Apr 12, 2024 at 08:47:04PM -0700, Nicolin Chen wrote:
> Add a pair of ops to set and unet device's virtual ID that belongs to
> a viommu object. They will be used, in the following patch, by iommufd
> to support some HW-acceleration feature from the host level.
> 
> For instance, every device behind an ARM SMMU has a Stream ID. The ID
> is used by ATC invalidation commands so SMMU HW can direct invalidation
> requests to the corresponding PCI device where the ID belongs to. In a
> virtualization use case, a passthroughed device in the VM will have a
> virtuail Stream ID, used by the ATC invalidation commands in the guest
> system. NVIDIA's CMDQV extension for SMMUv3 provides a v-interface to
> execute the guest-level ATC invalidation commands directly, yet needs
> the HW to be aware of its virtual Stream ID so it can replace with its
> physical Stream ID.

I imagine using this as well for the ATC invalidation commands. It
would be very easy and simplifying if the command fixup just extracted
the vSID from the ATC invalidation and used an xarray to turn it into
a pSID and then pushed the resulting command.

Seems fine as is

Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxx>

Jason




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