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SubjectRe: [PATCH RFC] vhost: basic device IOTLB support
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On 2015/12/31 15:13, Jason Wang wrote:
> This patch tries to implement an device IOTLB for vhost. This could be
> used with for co-operation with userspace(qemu) implementation of
> iommu for a secure DMA environment in guest.
>
> The idea is simple. When vhost meets an IOTLB miss, it will request
> the assistance of userspace to do the translation, this is done
> through:
>
> - Fill the translation request in a preset userspace address (This
> address is set through ioctl VHOST_SET_IOTLB_REQUEST_ENTRY).
> - Notify userspace through eventfd (This eventfd was set through ioctl
> VHOST_SET_IOTLB_FD).
>
> When userspace finishes the translation, it will update the vhost
> IOTLB through VHOST_UPDATE_IOTLB ioctl. Userspace is also in charge of
> snooping the IOTLB invalidation of IOMMU IOTLB and use
> VHOST_UPDATE_IOTLB to invalidate the possible entry in vhost.

Is there any performance data shows the difference with IOTLB
supporting? I doubt we may see performance decrease since the flush code
path is longer than before.

--
best regards
yang


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