[PATCH v12 14/21] powerpc/powernv: Allocate struct pnv_ioda_pe iommu_table dynamically

[Wei Yang]

On Mon, Mar 02, 2015 at 06:56:19PM +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
>On Mon, 2015-03-02 at 15:50 +0800, Wei Yang wrote:
>> >
>> >Is there a hotplug remove path where we should also be calling
>> >iommu_free_table()?
>> 
>> When VF is not introduced, no one calls this on powernv platform.
>> 
>> Each PCI bus is a PE and it has its own iommu table, even a device is
>> hotpluged, the iommu table will not be released.
>
>Actually, I believe Alexey patches to add support for dynamic DMA
>windows for KVM guests using VFIO will also alloc/free iommu tables. In
>fact his patches somewhat change quite a few things in that area, and
>I'm currently reviewing them.

Yes, I see these changes before.

>
>Wei, can you post a new series when you've finished sync'ing with
>Bjorn ? At that point, I'll try to work with Alexey to evaluate the
>impact of his changes on your patches.

Sure, I will do it ASAP.

>
>Cheers,
>Ben.
>

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