On Wed, Apr 30, 2025 at 05:54:41PM -0700, Nicolin Chen wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 30, 2025 at 03:39:22PM -0700, Nicolin Chen wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 30, 2025 at 09:59:13PM +0000, Pranjal Shrivastava wrote:
> > > >  enum iommu_viommu_type {
> > > >         IOMMU_VIOMMU_TYPE_DEFAULT = 0,
> > > >         IOMMU_VIOMMU_TYPE_ARM_SMMUV3 = 1,
> > > > +       IOMMU_VIOMMU_TYPE_TEGRA241_CMDQV = 2,
> > > > +};
> > > 
> > > This is a little confusing.. I understand that we need a new viommu type
> > > to copy the new struct iommu_viommu_tegra241_cmdqv b/w the user & kernel
> > > 
> > > But, in a previous patch (Add vsmmu_alloc impl op), we add a check to
> > > fallback to the standard type SMMUv3, if the impl_ops->vsmmu_alloc 
> > > returns -EOPNOTSUPP:
> > > 
> > >   if (master->smmu->impl_ops && master->smmu->impl_ops->vsmmu_alloc)
> > >           vsmmu = master->smmu->impl_ops->vsmmu_alloc(
> > >                   master->smmu, s2_parent, ictx, viommu_type, user_data);
> > >   if (PTR_ERR(vsmmu) == -EOPNOTSUPP) {
> > >           if (viommu_type != IOMMU_VIOMMU_TYPE_ARM_SMMUV3)
> > >                   return ERR_PTR(-EOPNOTSUPP);
> > >           /* Fallback to standard SMMUv3 type if viommu_type matches */
> > >           vsmmu = iommufd_viommu_alloc(ictx, struct arm_vsmmu, core,
> > >                                        &arm_vsmmu_ops);
> > > 
> > > Now, if we'll ALWAYS try to allocate an impl-specified vsmmu first, even
> > > when the viommu_type == IOMMU_VIOMMU_TYPE_ARM_SMMUV3, we are anyways
> > > going to return back from the impl_ops->vsmmu_alloc with -EOPNOTSUPP.
> > 
> > That's not necessarily true. An impl_ops->vsmmu_alloc can support
> > IOMMU_VIOMMU_TYPE_ARM_SMMUV3 potentially, e.g. an impl could just
> > toggle a few special bits in a register and return a valid vsmmu
> > pointer.
> > 
> > It doesn't work like this with VCMDQ as it supports its own type,
> > but for the long run I think we should pass in the standard type
> > to impl_ops->vsmmu_alloc too.
> > 
> > > Then we'll again check if the retval was -EOPNOTSUPP and re-check the
> > > viommu_type requested.. which seems a little counter intuitive.
> > 
> > It's just prioritizing the impl_ops->vsmmu_alloc. Similar to the
> > probe, if VCMDQ is missing or encountering some initialization
> > problem, give it a chance to fallback to the standard SMMU.
> 
> I changed to this and it should be clear now:
> 
> +       /* Prioritize the impl that may support IOMMU_VIOMMU_TYPE_ARM_SMMUV3 
> */
> +       if (master->smmu->impl_ops && master->smmu->impl_ops->vsmmu_alloc)
> +               vsmmu = master->smmu->impl_ops->vsmmu_alloc(
> +                       master->smmu, s2_parent, ictx, viommu_type, 
> user_data);
> +       if (PTR_ERR(vsmmu) == -EOPNOTSUPP) {
> +               /* Otherwise, allocate an IOMMU_VIOMMU_TYPE_ARM_SMMUV3 here */
> +               if (viommu_type == IOMMU_VIOMMU_TYPE_ARM_SMMUV3)
> +                       vsmmu = iommufd_viommu_alloc(ictx, struct arm_vsmmu,
> +                                                    core, &arm_vsmmu_ops);
> 

This looks good! Thanks!

> Thanks
> Nicolin

Praan

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