[RFC PATCH v4 01/13] iommu: Introduce dirty log tracking framework

[Keqian Zhu]

On 2021/5/12 19:36, Lu Baolu wrote:
> Hi keqian,
> 
> On 5/12/21 4:44 PM, Keqian Zhu wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 2021/5/12 11:20, Lu Baolu wrote:
>>> On 5/11/21 3:40 PM, Keqian Zhu wrote:
>>>>> For upper layers, before starting page tracking, they check the
>>>>> dirty_page_trackable attribution of the domain and start it only it's
>>>>> capable. Once the page tracking is switched on the vendor iommu driver
>>>>> (or iommu core) should block further device attach/detach operations
>>>>> until page tracking is stopped.
>>>> But when a domain becomes capable after detaching a device, the upper layer
>>>> still needs to query it and enable dirty log for it...
>>>>
>>>> To make things coordinated, maybe the upper layer can register a notifier,
>>>> when the domain's capability change, the upper layer do not need to query, instead
>>>> they just need to realize a callback, and do their specific policy in the callback.
>>>> What do you think?
>>>>
>>>
>>> That might be an option. But why not checking domain's attribution every
>>> time a new tracking period is about to start?
>> Hi Baolu,
>>
>> I'll add an attribution in iommu_domain, and the vendor iommu driver will update
>> the attribution when attach/detach devices.
>>
>> The attribute should be protected by a lock, so the upper layer shouldn't access
>> the attribute directly. Then the iommu_domain_support_dirty_log() still should be
>> retained. Does this design looks good to you?
> 
> Yes, that's what I was thinking of. But I am not sure whether it worth
> of a lock here. It seems not to be a valid behavior for upper layer to
> attach or detach any device while doing the dirty page tracking.
Hi Baolu,

Right, if the "detach|attach" interfaces and "dirty tracking" interfaces can be called concurrently,
a lock in iommu_domain_support_dirty_log() is still not enough. I will add another note for the dirty
tracking interfaces.

Do you have other suggestions? I will accelerate the progress, so I plan to send out v5 next week.

Thanks,
Keqian