[PATCH 00/11] powerpv/powernv: Restore pnv_npu_try_dma_set_bypass()

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 11:59:49AM -0500, Reza Arbab wrote:
> With recent kernels, TCE tables for NPU devices are no longer being
> configured. That task was performed by pnv_npu_try_dma_set_bypass(), a
> function that got swept away in recent overhauling of dma code.
> 
> Patches 1-4 here bring the lost function back and reintegrate it with
> the updated generic iommu bypass infrastructure.
> 
> Patch 5 fixes a regression in behavior when a requested dma mask can not
> be fulfilled.
> 
> Patches 6-8 are cleanup. I put these later in the set because they
> aren't bisectable until after the restored code is wired back in.
> 
> Patches 9-11 refactor pnv_pci_ioda_iommu_bypass_supported(). It seems
> wrong for a boolean *_supported() function to have side effects. They
> reintroduce a pci controller based dma_set_mask() hook. If that's
> undesirable, these last three patches can be dropped.

How do you even use this code?  Nothing in the kernel even calls
dma_set_mask for NPU devices, as we only suport vfio pass through.