[RFC PATCH 5/5] iommu/amd: Provide kernel command line option to enable GAPPI

From: Sairaj Kodilkar

Date: Fri Jun 26 2026 - 07:09:09 EST


Enable GAPPI when IOMMU GAPPISup extended feature bit is set and
the kernel is booted with "amd_iommu=gappi" command line parameter.

Co-developed-by: Suravee Suthikulpanit <suravee.suthikulpanit@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Suravee Suthikulpanit <suravee.suthikulpanit@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sairaj Kodilkar <sarunkod@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/iommu/amd/amd_iommu_types.h | 2 ++
drivers/iommu/amd/init.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++----
2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iommu/amd/amd_iommu_types.h b/drivers/iommu/amd/amd_iommu_types.h
index 26d7a9796e64..de0b23306944 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/amd/amd_iommu_types.h
+++ b/drivers/iommu/amd/amd_iommu_types.h
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@
#define FEATURE_X2APIC BIT_ULL(2)
#define FEATURE_NX BIT_ULL(3)
#define FEATURE_GT BIT_ULL(4)
+#define FEATURE_GAPPI BIT_ULL(5)
#define FEATURE_IA BIT_ULL(6)
#define FEATURE_GA BIT_ULL(7)
#define FEATURE_HE BIT_ULL(8)
@@ -191,6 +192,7 @@
#define CONTROL_EPH_EN 45
#define CONTROL_XT_EN 50
#define CONTROL_INTCAPXT_EN 51
+#define CONTROL_GAPPI_EN 55
#define CONTROL_GCR3TRPMODE 58
#define CONTROL_IRTCACHEDIS 59
#define CONTROL_SNPAVIC_EN 61
diff --git a/drivers/iommu/amd/init.c b/drivers/iommu/amd/init.c
index 2e1889f8a9e4..b3e1d8ee7e9d 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/amd/init.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/amd/init.c
@@ -3038,11 +3038,20 @@ static void enable_iommus_vapic(void)
return;
}

+ if (amd_iommu_gappi &&
+ !(check_feature(FEATURE_GAPPI) &&
+ AMD_IOMMU_GUEST_IR_VAPIC(amd_iommu_guest_ir))) {
+ pr_warn("GAPPI is not supported.\n");
+ amd_iommu_gappi = false;
+ }
+
/* Enabling GAM and SNPAVIC support */
for_each_iommu(iommu) {
- if (iommu_init_ga_log(iommu) ||
- iommu_ga_log_enable(iommu))
- return;
+ if (amd_iommu_gappi)
+ iommu_feature_enable(iommu, CONTROL_GAPPI_EN);
+ else if (iommu_init_ga_log(iommu) ||
+ iommu_ga_log_enable(iommu))
+ return;

iommu_feature_enable(iommu, CONTROL_GAM_EN);
if (amd_iommu_snp_en)
@@ -3050,7 +3059,8 @@ static void enable_iommus_vapic(void)
}

amd_iommu_irq_ops.capability |= (1 << IRQ_POSTING_CAP);
- pr_info("Virtual APIC enabled\n");
+ pr_info("Virtual APIC enabled with %s\n",
+ amd_iommu_gappi ? "GAPPI" : "GALOG");
#endif
}

@@ -3741,6 +3751,8 @@ static int __init parse_amd_iommu_options(char *str)
} else if (strncmp(str, "v2_pgsizes_only", 15) == 0) {
pr_info("Restricting V1 page-sizes to 4KiB/2MiB/1GiB");
amd_iommu_pgsize_bitmap = AMD_IOMMU_PGSIZES_V2;
+ } else if (strncmp(str, "gappi", 5) == 0) {
+ amd_iommu_gappi = true;
} else {
pr_notice("Unknown option - '%s'\n", str);
}
--
2.34.1