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

[Lu Baolu]

On 5/13/21 6:58 PM, Keqian Zhu wrote:
> 
> 
> 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.

No further comments expect below nit:

"iommu_switch_dirty_log: Perform actions to start|stop dirty log tracking"

How about splitting it into
  - iommu_start_dirty_log()
  - iommu_stop_dirty_log()

Not a strong opinion anyway.

Best regards,
baolu