Re: [RFC 2/4] virtio: Override device's DMA OPS with virtio_direct_dma_ops selectively

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Mon Jul 30 2018 - 05:30:32 EST


> > +
> > + if (xen_domain())
> > + goto skip_override;
> > +
> > + if (virtio_has_iommu_quirk(dev))
> > + set_dma_ops(dev->dev.parent, &virtio_direct_dma_ops);
> > +
> > + skip_override:
> > +
>
> I prefer normal if scoping as opposed to goto spaghetti pls.
> Better yet move vring_use_dma_api here and use it.
> Less of a chance something will break.

I agree about avoid pointless gotos here, but we can do things
perfectly well without either gotos or a confusing helper here
if we structure it right. E.g.:

// suitably detailed comment here
if (!xen_domain() &&
!virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_F_IOMMU_PLATFORM))
set_dma_ops(dev->dev.parent, &virtio_direct_dma_ops);

and while we're at it - modifying dma ops for the parent looks very
dangerous. I don't think we can do that, as it could break iommu
setup interactions. IFF we set a specific dma map ops it has to be
on the virtio device itself, of which we have full control.