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Date:   Thu, 20 Feb 2020 17:31:35 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm: move force_dma_unencrypted() to mem_encrypt.h
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On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 05:23:20PM +0100, Christian Borntraeger wrote:
> >From a users perspective it makes absolutely perfect sense to use the
> bounce buffers when they are NEEDED. 
> Forcing the user to specify iommu_platform just because you need bounce buffers
> really feels wrong. And obviously we have a severe performance issue
> because of the indirections.

The point is that the user should not have to specify iommu_platform.
We need to make sure any new hypervisor (especially one that might require
bounce buffering) always sets it, as was a rather bogus legacy hack
that isn't extensibe for cases that for example require bounce buffering.