[PATCH v9 4/6] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Add CS_NONE quirk for CONFIG_TEGRA241_CMDQV

[Nicolin Chen]

On Mon, Jul 08, 2024 at 12:43:26PM +0100, Will Deacon wrote:
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> On Mon, Jul 08, 2024 at 12:29:28PM +0100, Will Deacon wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 05, 2024 at 11:10:42AM -0700, Nicolin Chen wrote:
> > > But if you insist on having an smmu option, we still have to take in the
> > > PATCH-3 in this series, enforcing an arm_smmu_cmdq_build_sync_cmd() call
> > > in the IRQ handler too.  So, it would eventually look like [attachment].
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> > With my hacks, I think you can just call arm_smmu_cmdq_build_sync_cmd()
> > from the irqhandler and it will work.
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> Hmm, actually, that will mean we end up using MSIs for the error case on
> hardware which supports it, which is a strange change in behaviour.

Yes. I highlighted the smae in the commit log of PATCH-3:
   iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Enforce arm_smmu_cmdq_build_sync_cmd

Do you foresee some potential risk of doing that?

> What does your hardware do if it sees SIG_SEV in a CMD_SYNC? Is it just
> a case of failing to generate the event on completion, or does it treat
> it as an invalid opcode?

That would be an invalid opcode.

Thanks
Nicolin