Re: [RFC 0/7] Support in-kernel DMA with PASID and SVA

[Jacob Pan]

Hi Jason,

On Thu, 7 Oct 2021 14:48:22 -0300, Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 07, 2021 at 10:50:10AM -0700, Jacob Pan wrote:
> 
> > On platforms that are DMA snooped, this barrier is not needed. But I
> > think your point is that once we convert to DMA API, the sync/barrier
> > is covered by DMA APIs if !dev_is_dma_coherent(dev). Then all archs are
> > good.  
> 
> No.. my point is that a CPU store release is not necessary a DMA
> visiable event on all platforms and things like dma_wmb/rmb() may
> still be necessary. This all needs to be architected before anyone
> starts writing drivers that assume a coherent DMA model without using
> a coherent DMA allocation.
> 
Why is that specific to SVA? Or you are talking about things in general?

Can we ensure coherency at the API level where SVA bind device is
happening? i.e. fail the bind if not passing coherency check.

Thanks,

Jacob