On 08/03/2018 08:22 PM, Paul Durrant wrote:
> The name 'need_iommu' is a little confusing as it suggests a domain needs
> to use the IOMMU but something might not be set up yet, when in fact it
> doesn't become true until IOMMU mappings for the domain have been created.
> 
> Two different meanings are also inferred from it in various places in the
> code:
> 
> - Some callers want to test whether a domain has IOMMU mappings
> - Some callers want to test whether they need to synchronize the domain's
>   P2M and IOMMU mappings
> 
> This patch therefore creates two new boolean flags, 'has_iommu_pt' and
> 'sync_iommu_pt' to convey those meanings separately and creates the
> corresponding macros. All callers of need_iommu() are then modified to
> use the macro appropriate to what they are trying to test.
> 
> NOTE: The test of need_iommu(d) in the AMD IOMMU initialization code has
>       been replaced with a test of iommu_dom0_strict since this more
>       accurately reflects the meaning of the test and brings it into
>       line with a similar test in the Intel VT-d code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Durrant <paul.durr...@citrix.com>

Acked-by: Razvan Cojocaru <rcojoc...@bitdefender.com>


Thanks,
Razvan

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