>-----Original Message-----
>From: Liu, Yi L <yi.l....@intel.com>
>Sent: Monday, November 4, 2024 11:16 AM
>Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 14/17] intel_iommu: Set default aw_bits to 48 in
>scalable
>modern mode
>
>On 2024/9/30 17:26, Zhenzhong Duan wrote:
>> According to VTD spec, stage-1 page table could support 4-level and
>> 5-level paging.
>>
>> However, 5-level paging translation emulation is unsupported yet.
>> That means the only supported value for aw_bits is 48.
>>
>> So default aw_bits to 48 in scalable modern mode. In other cases,
>> it is still default to 39 for backward compatibility.
>>
>> Add a check to ensure user specified value is 48 in modern mode
>> for now.
>
>this is not a simple check. I think your patch makes an auto selection
>of aw_bits.
Yes, if user doesn't specify it, will auto select a default.
>
>> Signed-off-by: Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.d...@intel.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Clément Mathieu--Drif<clement.mathieu--d...@eviden.com>
>> ---
>> include/hw/i386/intel_iommu.h | 2 +-
>> hw/i386/intel_iommu.c | 10 +++++++++-
>> 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/include/hw/i386/intel_iommu.h b/include/hw/i386/intel_iommu.h
>> index b843d069cc..48134bda11 100644
>> --- a/include/hw/i386/intel_iommu.h
>> +++ b/include/hw/i386/intel_iommu.h
>> @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ OBJECT_DECLARE_SIMPLE_TYPE(IntelIOMMUState,
>INTEL_IOMMU_DEVICE)
>> #define DMAR_REG_SIZE 0x230
>> #define VTD_HOST_AW_39BIT 39
>> #define VTD_HOST_AW_48BIT 48
>> -#define VTD_HOST_ADDRESS_WIDTH VTD_HOST_AW_39BIT
>> +#define VTD_HOST_AW_AUTO 0xff
>> #define VTD_HAW_MASK(aw) ((1ULL << (aw)) - 1)
>>
>> #define DMAR_REPORT_F_INTR (1)
>> diff --git a/hw/i386/intel_iommu.c b/hw/i386/intel_iommu.c
>> index 91d7b1abfa..068a08f522 100644
>> --- a/hw/i386/intel_iommu.c
>> +++ b/hw/i386/intel_iommu.c
>> @@ -3776,7 +3776,7 @@ static Property vtd_properties[] = {
>> ON_OFF_AUTO_AUTO),
>> DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("x-buggy-eim", IntelIOMMUState, buggy_eim, false),
>> DEFINE_PROP_UINT8("aw-bits", IntelIOMMUState, aw_bits,
>> - VTD_HOST_ADDRESS_WIDTH),
>> + VTD_HOST_AW_AUTO),
>> DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("caching-mode", IntelIOMMUState, caching_mode,
>FALSE),
>> DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("x-scalable-mode", IntelIOMMUState, scalable_mode,
>FALSE),
>> DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("snoop-control", IntelIOMMUState, snoop_control,
>false),
>> @@ -4683,6 +4683,14 @@ static bool vtd_decide_config(IntelIOMMUState *s,
>Error **errp)
>> }
>> }
>>
>> + if (s->aw_bits == VTD_HOST_AW_AUTO) {
>> + if (s->scalable_modern) {
>> + s->aw_bits = VTD_HOST_AW_48BIT;
>> + } else {
>> + s->aw_bits = VTD_HOST_AW_39BIT;
>> + }
>> + }
>
>If the default value of s->aw_bits is still 39, you don't know if it's
>set by the admin or the orchestration stack. This is why you need
>to change it. right?
Exactly, that's reason of introducing VTD_HOST_AW_AUTO(0xff).
Thanks
Zhenzhong
