[PATCH v2 6/6] powerpc/pseries/iommu: Avoid errors when DDW starts at 0x00

Alexey Kardashevskiy aik at ozlabs.ru
Wed Jul 1 18:04:41 AEST 2020



On 27/06/2020 03:46, Leonardo Bras wrote:
> On Wed, 2020-06-24 at 03:24 -0300, Leonardo Bras wrote:
>> As of today, enable_ddw() will return a non-null DMA address if the
>> created DDW maps the whole partition. If the address is valid,
>> iommu_bypass_supported_pSeriesLP() will consider iommu bypass enabled.
>>
>> This can cause some trouble if the DDW happens to start at 0x00.
>>
>> Instead if checking if the address is non-null, check directly if
>> the DDW maps the whole partition, so it can bypass iommu.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Leonardo Bras <leobras.c at gmail.com>
> 
> This patch has a bug in it. I will rework it soon.

I'd rather suggest this:

https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/linuxppc-dev/patch/20180725095032.2196-2-aik@ozlabs.ru/

Although it does not look like you are actually going to have windows
starting at 0. Thanks,

> Please keep reviewing patches 1-5.
> 
> Best regards,
> Leonardo
> 

-- 
Alexey


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