On Wed, 2026-08-12 at 13:26 +0000, Duan, Zhenzhong wrote:
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> > From: Clément MATHIEU--DRIF 
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> > Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/6] intel_iommu: Enable PRQ support for passthrough
> > device
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> > On Mon, 2026-08-10 at 10:49 +0000, Duan, Zhenzhong wrote:
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> > > Hi Clement,
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> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Clément MATHIEU--DRIF <[clement.mathieu--
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> > > > Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/6] intel_iommu: Enable PRQ support for 
> > > > passthrough
> > > > device
> > > > 
> > > > Hi Zhenzhong,
> > > > 
> > > > I will read this series early next week.
> > > > thanks for the respin!
> > > > 
> > > > btw, related to this work: have ever seen
> > > > vfio_device_get_aw_bits returning 47 whereas
> > > > the iommu supports 48? This leads the following
> > > > aw test to fail:
> > > > 
> > > > ```
> > > > ret = hiodc->get_cap(hiod, HOST_IOMMU_DEVICE_CAP_AW_BITS, errp);
> > > > if (ret < 0) {
> > > >    return false;
> > > > }
> > > > if (s->aw_bits > ret) {
> > > >    error_setg(errp, "aw-bits %d > host aw-bits %d", s->aw_bits, ret);
> > > >    return false;
> > > > }
> > > > ```
> > > > 
> > > > I got this when trying to nest VMs.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I am trying to reproduce, what device did you passthrough?
> > 
> > 
> > I used edu for testing.
> > An I had aw-bits=48 on both vms.
> 
> 
> Reproduced the same with L1(fsts=on) and L2(fsts=off).

My config has fsts=on on both VMs.  
Which kernel are you using?  
Mine is RHEL10.2 (6.12.0-211.7.3.el10_2.x86_64)

> 
> It's expected failure as first stage page table only supports 47bit IOVA 
> ranges  
> and L2 which uses second stage page table supports 48bit IOVA ranges,  
> that's not supported.
> 
> This is documented in vtd spec 3.6:
> 
> Software using first-stage translation structures to translate an IO Virtual 
> Address (IOVA) must use  
> canonical addresses. Additionally, software must limit addresses to less than 
> the minimum of MGAW  
> and the lower canonical address width implied by FSPM (i.e., 47-bit when FSPM 
> is 4-level and 56-bit  
> when FSPM is 5-level).
> 
> Thanks  
> Zhenzhong

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