On Tue, Oct 04, 2016 at 10:00:50AM -0700, Glenn Serre wrote:
> Good afternoon,
> 
> On 10/04/2016 09:52 AM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 04, 2016 at 09:11:39AM -0700, Glenn Serre wrote:
> > > Add CONFIG_IOMMU_DEFAULT_PT for iommu=pt
> > > 
> > > Allow default to iommu=pt without adding to command line.
> > > Add iommu=nopt to turn off default.
> > > 
> > > The reason we use iommu=pt is to support using the DPDK igb_uio driver,
> > > which we need to do on servers that have an iommu but lack ACS.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Glenn Serre <[email protected]>
> > > ---
> > >  Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 3 ++-
> > >  arch/x86/Kconfig                    | 7 +++++++
> > >  arch/x86/kernel/pci-dma.c           | 6 ++++++
> > >  3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > 
> > > --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
> > > +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
> > > @@ -1607,7 +1607,8 @@
> > >           nomerge
> > >           forcesac
> > >           soft
> > > -         pt              [x86, IA-64]
> > > +         pt              [x86]
> > 
> > What about adding IA-64 back on?
> 
> As far as I can see, IA-64 doesn't pay any attention at all to the iommu
> parameter.  In arch/ia64/kernel/pci-dma.c, I see
> 
> int iommu_pass_through;
> 
> but no early_param("iommu"), other occurrence of "iommu", or reference to
> iommu_pass_through.

That ought to be a seperate patch - one functional change per patch (see
Documentation/SubmittingPatches).

Or you can mention this in the commit description..
> 
> Thanks,
> --Glenn S.
> 
> > 
> > > +         nopt            [x86]
> > 
> > Or here?
> > >           nobypass        [PPC/POWERNV]
> > >                   Disable IOMMU bypass, using IOMMU for PCI devices.
> > > 
> > > --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
> > > +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> > > @@ -845,6 +845,13 @@
> > >   def_bool y
> > >   depends on CALGARY_IOMMU || GART_IOMMU || SWIOTLB || AMD_IOMMU
> > > 
> > > +config IOMMU_DEFAULT_PT
> > > + def_bool n
> > > + prompt "Set iommu=pt by default"
> > > + help
> > > +   Selecting this option will set iommu passthrough (iommu=pt)
> > > +   by default.  Use iommu=nopt to override.
> > > +
> > >  config MAXSMP
> > >   bool "Enable Maximum number of SMP Processors and NUMA Nodes"
> > >   depends on X86_64 && SMP && DEBUG_KERNEL
> > > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/pci-dma.c
> > > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/pci-dma.c
> > > @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
> > >   * useful if a user wants to use an IOMMU only for KVM device assignment 
> > > to
> > >   * guests and not for driver dma translation.
> > >   */
> > > -int iommu_pass_through __read_mostly;
> > > +int iommu_pass_through __read_mostly = 
> > > IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IOMMU_DEFAULT_PT);
> > > 
> > >  extern struct iommu_table_entry __iommu_table[], __iommu_table_end[];
> > > 
> > > @@ -196,6 +196,8 @@
> > >  #endif
> > >           if (!strncmp(p, "pt", 2))
> > >                   iommu_pass_through = 1;
> > > +         if (!strncmp(p, "nopt", 4))
> > > +                 iommu_pass_through = 0;
> > > 
> > >           gart_parse_options(p);
> > > 
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