Re: [PATCH v6 08/15] swiotlb: Bounce data from/to restricted DMA pool if available

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Mon May 10 2021 - 11:06:56 EST


> +static inline bool is_dev_swiotlb_force(struct device *dev)
> +{
> +#ifdef CONFIG_DMA_RESTRICTED_POOL
> + if (dev->dma_io_tlb_mem)
> + return true;
> +#endif /* CONFIG_DMA_RESTRICTED_POOL */
> + return false;
> +}
> +

> /* If SWIOTLB is active, use its maximum mapping size */
> if (is_swiotlb_active(dev) &&
> - (dma_addressing_limited(dev) || swiotlb_force == SWIOTLB_FORCE))
> + (dma_addressing_limited(dev) || swiotlb_force == SWIOTLB_FORCE ||
> + is_dev_swiotlb_force(dev)))

This is a mess. I think the right way is to have an always_bounce flag
in the io_tlb_mem structure instead. Then the global swiotlb_force can
go away and be replace with this and the fact that having no
io_tlb_mem structure at all means forced no buffering (after a little
refactoring).