Re: [PATCH] iommu/amd: Fix IOMMU page flush when detach all devices from a domain

[Suthikulpanit, Suravee]

Joerg,

On 1/17/19 12:08 AM, joro@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 02:08:55PM +0000, Suthikulpanit, Suravee wrote:
>> Actually, I am not sure how we would be missing the flush on the last device.
>> In my test, I am seeing the flush command being issued correctly during
>> vfio_unmap_unpin(), which is after all devices are detached.
>> Although, I might be missing your point here. Could you please elaborate?
> 
> Okay, you are right, the patch effectivly adds an unconditional flush of
> the domain on all iommus when the last device is detached. So it is
> correct in that regard. But that code path is also used in the
> iommu_unmap() path.
> 
> The problem now is, that with your change we send flush commands to all
> IOMMUs in the unmap path when no device is attached to the domain.
> This will hurt performance there, no?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 	Joerg
> 

Sounds like we need a way to track state of each IOMMU for a domain.
What if we define the following:

   enum IOMMU_DOMAIN_STATES {
     DOMAIN_FREE = -1,
     DOMAIN_DETACHED = 0,
     DOMAIN_ATTACHED >= 1
   }

We should be able to use the dev_iommu[] to help track the state.
     - In amd_iommu_domain_alloc, we initialize the array to DOMAIN_FREE
     - In do_attach(), we change to DOMAIN_ATTACH or we can increment the count
       if it is already in DOMAIN_ATTACH state.
     - In do_detach(). we change to DOMAIN_DETACH.

Then, in __domain_flush_pages, we issue command when the dev_iommu[] >= 0.
This should preserve previous behavior, and only add flushing condition to
the specific IOMMU in detached state. Please let me know what you think.

Regards,
Suravee