[PATCH 2/2] iommu/tegra241-cmdqv: Update uAPI to clarify HYP_OWN requirement

Jason Gunthorpe jgg at nvidia.com
Mon Mar 23 06:12:58 PDT 2026


On Thu, Mar 19, 2026 at 02:47:13PM +0000, Will Deacon wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 12, 2026 at 05:36:35PM -0700, Nicolin Chen wrote:
> > From hardware implementation perspective, a guest tegra241-cmdqv hardware
> > is different than the host hardware:
> >  - Host HW is backed by a VINTF (HYP_OWN=1)
> >  - Guest HW is backed by a VINTF (HYP_OWN=0)
> > 
> > The kernel driver has an implementation requirement of the HYP_OWN bit in
> > the VM. So, VMM must follow that to allow the same copy of Linux to work.
> > 
> > Add this requirement to the uAPI, which is currently missing.
> > 
> > Fixes: 4dc0d12474f9 ("iommu/tegra241-cmdqv: Add user-space use support")
> > Signed-off-by: Nicolin Chen <nicolinc at nvidia.com>
> > ---
> >  include/uapi/linux/iommufd.h | 5 +++++
> >  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/iommufd.h b/include/uapi/linux/iommufd.h
> > index 1dafbc552d37d..f63edbe71d542 100644
> > --- a/include/uapi/linux/iommufd.h
> > +++ b/include/uapi/linux/iommufd.h
> > @@ -1052,6 +1052,11 @@ struct iommu_fault_alloc {
> >  enum iommu_viommu_type {
> >  	IOMMU_VIOMMU_TYPE_DEFAULT = 0,
> >  	IOMMU_VIOMMU_TYPE_ARM_SMMUV3 = 1,
> > +	/*
> > +	 * TEGRA241_CMDQV requirements (otherwise, VCMDQs will not work)
> > +	 * - Kernel will allocate a VINTF (HYP_OWN=0) to back this VIOMMU. So,
> > +	 *   VMM must wire the HYP_OWN bit to 0 in guest VINTF_CONFIG register
> > +	 */
> >  	IOMMU_VIOMMU_TYPE_TEGRA241_CMDQV = 2,
> >  };
> 
> Jason, are you happy with this one?

Yes, please pick up the series

Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg at nvidia.com>

Jason



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