[PATCH v4 3/5] dma: swiotlb: Centralize memory-encryption pool sizing

[Catalin Marinas]

On Mon, Sep 14, 2026 at 12:31:32PM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm) wrote:
> +/**
> + * swiotlb_adjusted_size() - get the prospective adjusted SWIOTLB size
> + *
> + * Return the size that confidential-computing guest sizing would select for
> + * the default pool, without changing the configured SWIOTLB size. An
> + * explicit swiotlb= size is always preserved. An explicit area count is
> + * included in the size calculation. Automatic area sizing is initialized
> + * later from the running kernel's possible CPU map and any resulting size
> + * adjustment is therefore not reflected in the returned size.
> + */
> +unsigned long __init swiotlb_adjusted_size(void)
> +{
> +	unsigned long nslabs, size = swiotlb_size_or_default();
> +
> +	if (swiotlb_default_size_changed() ||
> +	    !cc_platform_has(CC_ATTR_GUEST_MEM_ENCRYPT))
> +		return size;
> +	/*
> +	 * For SEV and TDX and CCA, all DMA has to occur via
> +	 * shared/unencrypted pages. Kernel uses SWIOTLB to make this
> +	 * happen without changing device drivers. However, depending on
> +	 * the workload being run, the default 64MB of SWIOTLB may not be
> +	 * enough and SWIOTLB may run out of buffers for DMA, resulting in
> +	 * I/O errors and/or performance degradation especially with high
> +	 * I/O workloads.
> +	 *
> +	 * Adjust the default size of SWIOTLB using a percentage of guest
> +	 * memory for SWIOTLB buffers. Also, as the SWIOTLB bounce buffer
> +	 * memory is allocated from low memory, ensure that the adjusted
> +	 * size is within the limits of low available memory.

Nit: if SWIOTLB_ANY is passed, do we still allocate only from low
memory? I think this comment made sense on x86 but it's not valid for
s390, pseries with the changes so far.

Otherwise:

Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>