Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] iommu/hyperv: Add para-virtualized IOMMU support for Hyper-V guest
From: Yu Zhang
Date: Wed Jul 08 2026 - 07:13:05 EST
On Tue, Jul 07, 2026 at 07:48:14AM -0700, Jacob Pan wrote:
> Hi Mukesh,
>
> On Mon, 6 Jul 2026 17:08:50 -0700
> Mukesh R <mrathor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > From: Mukesh R <mrathor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: Yu Zhang <zhangyu1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> > linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-hyperv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> > iommu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-pci@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> > linux-arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: wei.liu@xxxxxxxxxx, kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> > haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, decui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, longli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> > joro@xxxxxxxxxx, will@xxxxxxxxxx, robin.murphy@xxxxxxx,
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> > mani@xxxxxxxxxx, robh@xxxxxxxxxx, arnd@xxxxxxxx, jgg@xxxxxxxx,
> > mhklinux@xxxxxxxxxxx, jacob.pan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> > tgopinath@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, easwar.hariharan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] iommu/hyperv: Add para-virtualized IOMMU
> > support for Hyper-V guest Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2026 17:08:50 -0700
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> > On 7/2/26 09:05, Yu Zhang wrote:
> > > Add a para-virtualized IOMMU driver for Linux guests running on
> > > Hyper-V. This driver implements stage-1 IO translation within the
> > > guest OS. It integrates with the Linux IOMMU core, utilizing
> > > Hyper-V hypercalls for:
> > > - Capability discovery
> > > - Domain allocation, configuration, and deallocation
> > > - Device attachment and detachment
> > > - IOTLB invalidation
> > >
> > > The driver constructs x86-compatible stage-1 IO page tables in the
> > > guest memory using consolidated IO page table helpers. This allows
> > > the guest to manage stage-1 translations independently of vendor-
> > > specific drivers (like Intel VT-d or AMD IOMMU).
> > >
> > > Hyper-V consumes this stage-1 IO page table when a device domain is
> > > created and configured, and nests it with the host's stage-2 IO page
> > > tables, therefore eliminating the VM exits for guest IOMMU mapping
> > > operations. For unmapping operations, VM exits to perform the IOTLB
> > > flush are still unavoidable.
> > >
> > > To identify a device in its hypercall interface, the driver looks
> > > up the logical device ID prefix registered for the device's PCI
> > > domain (see the logical device ID registry in hv_common.c) and
> > > combines it with the PCI function number of the endpoint device.
> > >
> > > Co-developed-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Signed-off-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Co-developed-by: Easwar Hariharan
> > > <easwar.hariharan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Easwar
> > > Hariharan <easwar.hariharan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Yu
> > > Zhang <zhangyu1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ---
> > > arch/x86/hyperv/hv_init.c | 4 +
> > > arch/x86/include/asm/mshyperv.h | 4 +
> > > drivers/iommu/Kconfig | 1 +
> > > drivers/iommu/hyperv/Kconfig | 16 +
> > > drivers/iommu/hyperv/Makefile | 1 +
> > > drivers/iommu/hyperv/iommu.c | 620
> > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ drivers/iommu/hyperv/iommu.h |
> > > 51 +++ 7 files changed, 697 insertions(+)
> > > create mode 100644 drivers/iommu/hyperv/Kconfig
> > > create mode 100644 drivers/iommu/hyperv/iommu.c
> >
> > Hey Jacob,
> >
> > You had suggested I rename iommu.c to iommu-root.c (I called it
> > hv-iommu-root.c eventually), so this needs to be renamed also,
> > right?
>
> yes, I agree. I feel it is clearer to name it hv-iommu-guest.c since
> this is a guest only driver.
>
hv-iommu-guest.c sounds good to me. :)
B.R.
Yu