[Intel-gfx] [PATCH v12 21/24] vfio: Determine noiommu device in __vfio_register_dev()

[Jason Gunthorpe]

On Wed, Jun 14, 2023 at 06:20:10AM +0000, Tian, Kevin wrote:
> > From: Liu, Yi L <yi.l.liu at intel.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2023 2:14 PM
> > 
> > 
> > > With that I think Jason's suggestion is to lift that test into main.c:
> > >
> > > int vfio_register_group_dev(struct vfio_device *device)
> > > {
> > > 	/*
> > > 	 * VFIO always sets IOMMU_CACHE because we offer no way for
> > userspace to
> > > 	 * restore cache coherency. It has to be checked here because it is
> > only
> > > 	 * valid for cases where we are using iommu groups.
> > > 	 */
> > > 	if (type == VFIO_IOMMU && !vfio_device_is_noiommu(device) &&
> > > 	    !device_iommu_capable(dev, IOMMU_CAP_CACHE_COHERENCY))
> > > 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
> > 
> > vfio_device_is_noiommu() needs to be called after vfio_device_set_group().
> > Otherwise, it's always false. So still needs to call it in the
> > __vfio_register_dev().
> 
> yes

Right, but it needs to be in vfio_main.c, not in the group.c - so
another patch should be added to move it.

I prefer the idea that vfio_device_is_noiommu() works in all the
kconfig scenarios rather than adding #ifdefs.

Jason