On Mon, Feb 07, 2022 at 03:02:48PM -0800, Fenghua Yu wrote:
> PASIDs are process wide. It was attempted to use refcounted PASIDs to
> free them when the last thread drops the refcount. This turned out to
> be complex and error prone. Given the fact that the PASID space is 20
> bits, which allows up to 1M processes to have a PASID associated
> concurrently, PASID resource exhaustion is not a realistic concern.
> 
> Therefore it was decided to simplify the approach and stick with lazy
> on demand PASID allocation, but drop the eager free approach and make
> a allocated PASID lifetime bound to the life time of the process.
> 
> Get rid of the refcounting mechanisms and replace/rename the interfaces
> to reflect this new approach.
> 
> Suggested-by: Dave Hansen <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu <[email protected]>
> Reviewed-by: Tony Luck <[email protected]>

Acked-by: Joerg Roedel <[email protected]>

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