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

[Suthikulpanit, Suravee]

Joerg,

On 1/22/19 5:44 PM, joro@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi Suravee,
> 
> On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 08:44:36AM +0000, Suthikulpanit, Suravee wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> I think the whole point why VFIO is detaching all devices first and then
> goes into unmapping pages is that there are no flushes needed anymore
> when devices are detached.
> 
> But when we follow your proposal we would still do IOTLB flushes even
> when no devices are attached anymore. So I'd like to avoid this, given
> the implications on unmapping performance. We should just flush the
> IOMMU TLB at detach time and be done with it.
> 
> Makes sense?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 	Joerg
> 

Thanks for the detail. Alright then, let's just go with the version you
sent on 1/16/19. Do you want me to resend V3 with that changes, or
would you be taking care of that?

Thanks,
Suravee