[RFC 0/4] Virtio uses DMA API for all devices
Christoph Hellwig
hch at infradead.org
Thu Aug 9 15:40:13 AEST 2018
On Thu, Aug 09, 2018 at 08:13:32AM +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> > > - if (xen_domain())
> > > + if (xen_domain() || pseries_secure_vm())
> > > return true;
> >
> > I don't think it's pseries specific actually. E.g. I suspect AMD SEV
> > might benefit from the same kind of hack.
>
> As long as they can provide the same guarantee that the DMA ops are
> completely equivalent between virtio and other PCI devices, at least on
> the same bus, ie, we don't have to go hack special DMA ops.
>
> I think the latter is really what Christoph wants to avoid for good
> reasons.
Yes. I also generally want to avoid too much arch specific magic.
FYI, I'm off to a week-long vacation today, don't expect quick replies.
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