Re: [PATCH v3] vfio iommu: Add dma available capability

From: Cornelia Huck
Date: Wed Sep 16 2020 - 05:44:19 EST


On Tue, 15 Sep 2020 15:05:18 -0400
Matthew Rosato <mjrosato@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Commit 492855939bdb ("vfio/type1: Limit DMA mappings per container")
> added the ability to limit the number of memory backed DMA mappings.
> However on s390x, when lazy mapping is in use, we use a very large
> number of concurrent mappings. Let's provide the current allowable
> number of DMA mappings to userspace via the IOMMU info chain so that
> userspace can take appropriate mitigation.
>
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Rosato <mjrosato@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c | 17 +++++++++++++++++
> include/uapi/linux/vfio.h | 15 +++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+)

Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@xxxxxxxxxx>