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

[Matthew Rosato]

On 9/15/20 3:05 PM, Matthew Rosato wrote:
> Commit 492855939bdb ("vfio/type1: Limit DMA mappings per container") added
> a limit to the number of concurrent DMA requests for a vfio container.
> However, lazy unmapping in s390 can in fact cause quite a large number of
> outstanding DMA requests to build up prior to being purged, potentially
> the entire guest DMA space.  This results in unexpected 'VFIO_MAP_DMA
> failed: No space left on device' conditions seen in QEMU.
>
> This patch proposes to provide the remaining number of allowable DMA
> requests via the VFIO_IOMMU_GET_INFO ioctl as a new capability.  A
> subsequent patchset to QEMU would collect this information and use it in
> s390 PCI support to tap the guest on the shoulder before overrunning the
> vfio limit.

Link to latest QEMU patchset:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-09/msg05505.html

> Changes from v2:
> - Typos / fixed stale comment block
>
> Matthew Rosato (1):
>    vfio iommu: Add dma available capability
>
>   drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c | 17 +++++++++++++++++
>   include/uapi/linux/vfio.h       | 15 +++++++++++++++
>   2 files changed, 32 insertions(+)