Re: [PATCH v12 5/5] iommu: Remove mode argument from iommu_set_dma_strict()

[John Garry]

On 14/06/2021 18:19, Robin Murphy wrote:
> > > We shouldn't need to keep IOMMU_CMD_LINE_STRICT at all now, since it 
> > > was only to prevent a driver's "default lazy" setting passed in here 
> > > from downgrading an explicitly-set strict mode.
> > >
> > > With that cleaned up too,
> >
> > Patch 1/5 mentions whether the invalidation policy comes from the 
> > cmdline - similar to the default domain type print - so I was going to 
> > keep that.
>
> Oh, silly me, I'd forgotten that already and was just looking at my 
> local tree... Let's keep it for consistency with how we report the 
> domain type then.
>
> > And then maybe we should also set it from the deprecated x86 
> > driver-specific params.
>
> I don't think it's worth exporting more low-level guts to allow that to 
> happen - tying in to iommu_set_dma_strict() would be too late, as 
> before. I think the separate pr_warn()s which announce the relevant 
> parameter is deprecated (but has still taken effect) should be enough.

Fine, I suppose someone using a deprecated interface can't complain 
about imperfect prints.

And I'll pick up your RB tag (unless you mention otherwise).

Thanks,
John