Hi Nathan,
On 4/22/26 10:43 PM, Nathan Chen wrote:
> Update documentation now that "auto" is supported for accelerated SMMUv3
> properties.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Chen <[email protected]>
> ---
>  qemu-options.hx | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++----------
>  1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
> index 21972f8326..2c6ba16a26 100644
> --- a/qemu-options.hx
> +++ b/qemu-options.hx
> @@ -1291,30 +1291,43 @@ SRST
>          Enabling accel configures the host SMMUv3 in nested mode to support
>          vfio-pci passthrough.
>  
> -     The following options are available when accel=on.
> -     Note: 'auto' mode is not currently supported.
> -
> -    ``ril=on|off`` (default: on)
> +     The following options will be set to auto by default if not manually
> +     set. When accel=on and these properties are set to auto, the value is
> +     derived from the host SMMUv3 capabilities via IOMMU_GET_HW_INFO. With
> +     accel=on, this requires at least one cold-plugged vfio-pci device; if
> +     none is present at machine init, QEMU will abort.
> +
> +     If accel=off and these property values are set to auto, the values will
> +     not be derived from the host SMMUv3 capabilities. Instead, they will
> +     resolve to the defaults described below, and a cold-plugged vfio-pci
> +     device is not required.
I would simply say:

If accel=off auto values resolve to the non accel default given below.


> +
> +    ``ril=on|off`` (default: auto)
ril=on|off|auto (default: auto)
          -------

I would rewrite it into:

Support for Range Invalidation, which allows the SMMUv3 driver to
invalidate TLB entries for a range of IOVAs at once instead of issuing
separate commands to invalidate each page. 
- with accel=on auto means the value is automatically derived from the host SMMU
  if explicitly set to 'on', the host must also support it.
- with accel=off auto is resolved into 'on'

If we have this explanation here in object_class_property_set_description()
just explain the basic semantic and list the valid values and default value.
No use to rexplain the auto mode semantic.



>          Support for Range Invalidation, which allows the SMMUv3 driver to
>          invalidate TLB entries for a range of IOVAs at once instead of 
> issuing
>          separate commands to invalidate each page. Must match with host 
> SMMUv3
> -        Range Invalidation support.
> +        Range Invalidation support. If accel=off and ril is set to auto, this
> +        property value will resolve to on.
Same for the others ...

Thanks

Eric
>  
> -    ``ats=on|off`` (default: off)
> +    ``ats=on|off`` (default: auto)
>          Support for Address Translation Services, which enables PCIe devices 
> to
>          cache address translations in their local TLB and reduce latency. 
> Host
>          SMMUv3 must support ATS in order to enable this feature for the 
> vIOMMU.
> +        If accel=off and ats is set to auto, the property value will resolve 
> to
> +        off.
>  
> -    ``oas=val`` (supported values are 44 and 48. default: 44)
> +    ``oas=val`` (supported values are 44 and 48. default: auto)
>          Sets the Output Address Size in bits. The value set here must be less
>          than or equal to the host SMMUv3's supported OAS, so that the
>          intermediate physical addresses (IPA) consumed by host SMMU for 
> stage-2
> -        translation do not exceed the host's max supported IPA size.
> +        translation do not exceed the host's max supported IPA size. If
> +        accel=off and oas is set to auto, the property value will resolve to 
> 44.
>  
> -    ``ssidsize=val`` (val between 0 and 20. default: 0)
> +    ``ssidsize=val`` (val between 0 and 20. default: auto)
>          Sets the Substream ID size in bits. When set to a non-zero value,
>          PASID capability is advertised to the vIOMMU and accelerated use 
> cases
> -        such as Shared Virtual Addressing (SVA) are supported.
> +        such as Shared Virtual Addressing (SVA) are supported. If accel=off
> +        and ssidsize is set to auto, the property value will resolve to 0.
>  
>  ``-device amd-iommu[,option=...]``
>      Enables emulation of an AMD-Vi I/O Memory Management Unit (IOMMU).


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