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Date:   Sat, 1 Apr 2023 21:41:13 +0800
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/7] iommu/vt-d: Use non-privileged mode for all PASIDs
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To:     Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@linux.intel.com>,
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 <20230331231137.1947675-2-jacob.jun.pan@linux.intel.com>
From:   Baolu Lu <baolu.lu@linux.intel.com>
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On 2023/4/1 7:11, Jacob Pan wrote:
> Supervisor Request Enable (SRE) bit in a PASID entry is for permission
> checking on DMA requests. When SRE = 0, DMA with supervisor privilege
> will be blocked. However, for in-kernel DMA this is not necessary in that
> we are targeting kernel memory anyway. There's no need to differentiate
> user and kernel for in-kernel DMA.
> 
> Let's use non-privileged (user) permission for all PASIDs used in kernel,
> it will be consistent with DMA without PASID (RID_PASID) as well.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jacob Pan<jacob.jun.pan@linux.intel.com>

Reviewed-by: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@linux.intel.com>

Best regards,
baolu