> From: Paul Durrant [mailto:paul.durr...@citrix.com] > Sent: Tuesday, August 7, 2018 4:16 PM > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Tian, Kevin [mailto:kevin.t...@intel.com] > > Sent: 07 August 2018 04:04 > > To: Paul Durrant <paul.durr...@citrix.com>; xen- > de...@lists.xenproject.org > > Cc: Jan Beulich <jbeul...@suse.com> > > Subject: RE: [PATCH v5 07/15] iommu: track reserved ranges using a > rangeset > > > > > From: Paul Durrant [mailto:paul.durr...@citrix.com] > > > Sent: Saturday, August 4, 2018 1:22 AM > > > > > > Ranges that should be considered reserved in the IOMMU are not > > > necessarily > > > limited to RMRRs. If iommu_inclusive_mapping is set then any frame > > > number > > > falling within an E820 reserved region should also be considered as > > > reserved in the IOMMU. > > > > I don't think it is a good extension. RMRR by definition requires > > identity mapping in IOMMU page table, thus must be also reserved > > in bfn address space (to avoid being used for other purpose). > > Normal E820 reserved regions have no such requirement. Guest > > can use same bfn location for any purpose. I'm not sure why we > > want to add more limitations here. > > Have you tried booting an average Intel based server without identity > mapped E820 reserved regions? Good luck with that, because I think about > half the servers on the planet will wedge up if you only give them RMRRs. > My Dell R730 certainly will and I'd hazard a guess that any other Dell box > we have with an iDRAC will too. > Note the behaviour is predicated on 'iommu_inclusive_mapping' being set > so if you feel lucky then you can turn it off :-) >
I know that fact... looks I misunderstood the patch - I thought you blindly add all reserved regions in this patch bypassing the existing control from inclusive_mapping. Now re-read the description and code you are just giving background :-) Thanks Kevin _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org https://lists.xenproject.org/mailman/listinfo/xen-devel