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

From: Claire Chang
Date: Tue May 11 2021 - 12:42:43 EST


On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 11:05 PM Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > +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).

Will do in the next version.