RE: [PATCH v4 0/2] PCI/P2PDMA: Allow P2PDMA on Intel Xeon server CPUs
From: Popov, Pavel E
Date: Tue Nov 10 2026 - 22:48:27 EST
Hi Bjorn,
Gentle ping on this series. Is this OK for v7.5?
Thanks,
Pavel
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> From: Popov, Pavel E <pavel.e.popov@xxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: [PATCH v4 0/2] PCI/P2PDMA: Allow P2PDMA on Intel Xeon server
> CPUs
>
> VMware and Hyper-V expose passthrough devices to guest VMs without an
> explicit host bridge device. Consequently, host_bridge_whitelist() cannot
> automatically identify the underlying host bridge structure, causing Peer-to-
> Peer DMA (P2PDMA) requests to be rejected unless the device IDs are
> explicitly listed in pci_p2pdma_whitelist[]. To enable P2PDMA on Intel hosts,
> this series extends cpu_supports_p2pdma(), which so far covers AMD Zen and
> newer, with an explicit list of Intel Xeon server generations.
>
> Patch 1 moves the CONFIG_X86 #ifdef out of cpu_supports_p2pdma().
> Patch 2 is the v3 patch rebased on it, with Logan's Reviewed-by carried over;
> the Xeon list and the check are unchanged.
>
> Changes in v4:
> - Add 1/2, moving the CONFIG_X86 #ifdef out of cpu_supports_p2pdma()
> (Logan Gunthorpe, Leon Romanovsky)
> - Keep the #ifdef around the asm/ includes, as these headers exist
> only on x86 (Bjorn Helgaas)
>
> Changes in v3:
> - Drop the hypervisor check and move the Xeon list into
> cpu_supports_p2pdma(), next to the AMD check, as suggested by Logan
> Gunthorpe and Leon Romanovsky [1]
> - Fold the VMware and Hyper-V patches into one, as the check no longer
> depends on the hypervisor
>
> Changes in v2:
> - Replace the Skylake-and-newer threshold with an explicit list of Intel
> Xeon server generations, from Skylake-SP to Diamond Rapids (Logan
> Gunthorpe)
> - Move the CONFIG_X86 #ifdef out of hypervisor_supports_p2pdma()
> (Logan Gunthorpe)
> - Rebased on current mainline
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/20261016153147.GC219304@unreal
>
> v3: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20261020151305.65218-1-
> pavel.e.popov@xxxxxxxxx
> v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20261016223402.19991-1-
> pavel.e.popov@xxxxxxxxx
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20261009154034.82321-1-
> pavel.e.popov@xxxxxxxxx
>
> Pavel Popov (2):
> PCI/P2PDMA: Move CONFIG_X86 #ifdef out of cpu_supports_p2pdma()
> PCI/P2PDMA: Allow P2PDMA on Intel Xeon server CPUs
>
> drivers/pci/p2pdma.c | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
>
> base-commit: c03c1a14507dfaf8b856c2608f9ac216021fc222
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> 2.53.0