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From: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2024 18:39:54 +0800
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] vhost/vdpa: Add MSI translation tables to iommu for
 software-managed MSI
To: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
Cc: Wang Rong <w_angrong@163.com>, kvm@vger.kernel.org, virtualization@lists.linux.dev, 
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, 
	Cindy Lu <lulu@redhat.com>
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On Fri, Mar 29, 2024 at 5:13=E2=80=AFPM Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>=
 wrote:
>
> On Fri, Mar 29, 2024 at 11:55:50AM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 5:08=E2=80=AFPM Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com=
> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 3:00=E2=80=AFPM Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redha=
t.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 06:19:12PM +0800, Wang Rong wrote:
> > > > > From: Rong Wang <w_angrong@163.com>
> > > > >
> > > > > Once enable iommu domain for one device, the MSI
> > > > > translation tables have to be there for software-managed MSI.
> > > > > Otherwise, platform with software-managed MSI without an
> > > > > irq bypass function, can not get a correct memory write event
> > > > > from pcie, will not get irqs.
> > > > > The solution is to obtain the MSI phy base address from
> > > > > iommu reserved region, and set it to iommu MSI cookie,
> > > > > then translation tables will be created while request irq.
> > > > >
> > > > > Change log
> > > > > ----------
> > > > >
> > > > > v1->v2:
> > > > > - add resv iotlb to avoid overlap mapping.
> > > > > v2->v3:
> > > > > - there is no need to export the iommu symbol anymore.
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Rong Wang <w_angrong@163.com>
> > > >
> > > > There's in interest to keep extending vhost iotlb -
> > > > we should just switch over to iommufd which supports
> > > > this already.
> > >
> > > IOMMUFD is good but VFIO supports this before IOMMUFD. This patch
> > > makes vDPA run without a backporting of full IOMMUFD in the productio=
n
> > > environment. I think it's worth.
> > >
> > > If you worry about the extension, we can just use the vhost iotlb
> > > existing facility to do this.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> >
> > Btw, Wang Rong,
> >
> > It looks that Cindy does have the bandwidth in working for IOMMUFD supp=
ort.
>
> I think you mean she does not.

Yes, you are right.

Thanks

>
> > Do you have the will to do that?
> >
> > Thanks
>