Re: [PATCH v3 4/7] iommu/vt-d: Prepare for global static identity domain

[Baolu Lu]

On 2024/8/7 20:17, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 07, 2024 at 02:41:39PM +0800, Baolu Lu wrote:
> > On 2024/8/7 1:12, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > > On Tue, Aug 06, 2024 at 10:39:38AM +0800, Lu Baolu wrote:
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.c
> > > > index c019fb3b3e78..f37c8c3cba3c 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.c
> > > > @@ -1270,6 +1270,9 @@ void domain_update_iotlb(struct dmar_domain *domain)
> > > >    	bool has_iotlb_device = false;
> > > >    	unsigned long flags;
> > > > +	if (!domain)
> > > > +		return;
> > > > +
> > > This seems really strange, maybe wrong..
> > >
> > > The only callers that could take advantage are
> > > iommu_enable_pci_caps()/iommu_disable_pci_caps()
> > Yes.
> >
> > When the PCI ATS status changes, the domain attached to the device
> > should have its domain->has_iotlb_device flag updated.
> >
> > The global static identity domain is a dummy domain without a
> > corresponding dmar_domain structure. Consequently, the device's
> > info->domain will be NULL. This is why a check is necessary.
> I get it, but you can't have ATS turned on at all if you can push the
> invalidations. So it seems like something is missing to enforce that
> with the identity domains.
>
> > > So I looked at this and, uh, who even reads domain->has_iotlb_device ?
> > The has_iotlb_device flag indicates whether a domain is attached to
> > devices with ATS enabled. If a domain lacks this flag, no device TBLs
> > need to be invalidated during unmap operations. This optimization avoids
> > unnecessary looping through all attached devices.
> Not any more, that was removed in commit 06792d067989 ("iommu/vt-d:
> Cleanup use of iommu_flush_iotlb_psi()")

Yeah! How stupid I was! It's actually a dead code after the
implementation of cache tags.

> This compiles, so you should do this instead:

Yes. I will cleanup this in a separated patch.

Thanks,
baolu