On Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 08:59:25AM +0000, Tian, Kevin wrote:
> Hi, Jason,
>
> > From: Jason Gunthorpe
> > Sent: Thursday, June 3, 2021 9:05 PM
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 03, 2021 at 06:39:30AM +0000, Tian, Kevin wrote:
> > > > > Two helper functions are provided to support VFIO_ATTACH_IOASID:
> > > > >
> > > > > struct attach_info {
> > > > > u32 ioasid;
> > > > > // If valid, the PASID to be used physically
> > > > > u32 pasid;
> > > > > };
> > > > > int ioasid_device_attach(struct ioasid_dev *dev,
> > > > > struct attach_info info);
> > > > > int ioasid_device_detach(struct ioasid_dev *dev, u32 ioasid);
> > > >
> > > > Honestly, I still prefer this to be highly explicit as this is where
> > > > all device driver authors get invovled:
> > > >
> > > > ioasid_pci_device_attach(struct pci_device *pdev, struct ioasid_dev
> > > > *dev,
> > > > u32 ioasid);
> > > > ioasid_pci_device_pasid_attach(struct pci_device *pdev, u32
> > *physical_pasid,
> > > > struct ioasid_dev *dev, u32 ioasid);
> > >
> > > Then better naming it as pci_device_attach_ioasid since the 1st parameter
> > > is struct pci_device?
> >
> > No, the leading tag indicates the API's primary subystem, in this case
> > it is iommu (and if you prefer list the iommu related arguments first)
> >
>
> I have a question on this suggestion when working on v2.
>
> Within IOMMU fd it uses only the generic struct device pointer, which
> is already saved in struct ioasid_dev at device bind time:
>
> struct ioasid_dev *ioasid_register_device(struct ioasid_ctx *ctx,
> struct device *device, u64 device_label);
>
> What does this additional struct pci_device bring when it's specified in
> the attach call? If we save it in attach_data, at which point will it be
> used or checked?
The above was for attaching to an ioasid not the register path
You should call 'device_label' 'device_cookie' if it is a user
provided u64
Jason
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