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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] iommu/vt-d: Remove caching mode check before devtlb
 flush
To: Ethan Zhao <haifeng.zhao@linux.intel.com>, iommu@lists.linux.dev
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From: Baolu Lu <baolu.lu@linux.intel.com>
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On 2024/4/8 15:21, Ethan Zhao wrote:
> On 4/7/2024 10:42 PM, Lu Baolu wrote:
>> The Caching Mode (CM) of the Intel IOMMU indicates if the hardware
>> implementation caches not-present or erroneous translation-structure
>> entries except the first-stage translation. The caching mode is
>> unrelated to the device TLB , therefore there is no need to check
>> it before a device TLB invalidation operation.
>>
>> Before the scalable mode is introduced, caching mode is treated as
>> an indication that the driver is running in a VM guest. This is just
>> a software contract as shadow page table is the only way to implement
>> a virtual IOMMU. But the VT-d spec doesn't state this anywhere. After
>> the scalable mode is introduced, this doesn't stand for anymore, as
>> caching mode is not relevant for the first-stage translation. A virtual
>> IOMMU implementation is free to support first-stage translation only
>> with caching mode cleared.
>>
>> Remove the caching mode check before device TLB invalidation to ensure
>> compatibility with the scalable mode use cases.
>>
>> Fixes: 792fb43ce2c9 ("iommu/vt-d: Enable Intel IOMMU scalable mode by 
>> default")
>> Signed-off-by: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@linux.intel.com>
>> ---
>>   drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.c | 5 ++---
>>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.c
>> index 493b6a600394..681789b1258d 100644
>> --- a/drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.c
>> +++ b/drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.c
>> @@ -1501,7 +1501,7 @@ static void iommu_flush_iotlb_psi(struct 
>> intel_iommu *iommu,
>>       else
>>           __iommu_flush_iotlb_psi(iommu, did, pfn, pages, ih);
>> -    if (!cap_caching_mode(iommu->cap) && !map)
>> +    if (!map)
> 
> My understanding, we don't need patch[1/2] at all, and customer is just 
> asking
> about the CM & tlb flushing, it is great to have this commit [2/2].

Actually they fix different problems.

Best regards,
baolu