Go to file
Eric Auger adfd373820 iommu: Introduce IOMMU_RESV_DIRECT_RELAXABLE reserved memory regions
Introduce a new type for reserved region. This corresponds
to directly mapped regions which are known to be relaxable
in some specific conditions, such as device assignment use
case. Well known examples are those used by USB controllers
providing PS/2 keyboard emulation for pre-boot BIOS and
early BOOT or RMRRs associated to IGD working in legacy mode.

Since commit c875d2c1b8 ("iommu/vt-d: Exclude devices using RMRRs
from IOMMU API domains") and commit 18436afdc1 ("iommu/vt-d: Allow
RMRR on graphics devices too"), those regions are currently
considered "safe" with respect to device assignment use case
which requires a non direct mapping at IOMMU physical level
(RAM GPA -> HPA mapping).

Those RMRRs currently exist and sometimes the device is
attempting to access it but this has not been considered
an issue until now.

However at the moment, iommu_get_group_resv_regions() is
not able to make any difference between directly mapped
regions: those which must be absolutely enforced and those
like above ones which are known as relaxable.

This is a blocker for reporting severe conflicts between
non relaxable RMRRs (like MSI doorbells) and guest GPA space.

With this new reserved region type we will be able to use
iommu_get_group_resv_regions() to enumerate the IOVA space
that is usable through the IOMMU API without introducing
regressions with respect to existing device assignment
use cases (USB and IGD).

Signed-off-by: Eric Auger <eric.auger@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <jroedel@suse.de>
2019-06-12 10:32:59 +02:00
Documentation iommu: Introduce IOMMU_RESV_DIRECT_RELAXABLE reserved memory regions 2019-06-12 10:32:59 +02:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Rename other to deprecated 2019-05-03 06:34:32 -06:00
arch Merge branch 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2019-06-02 11:10:01 -07:00
block block: print offending values when cloned rq limits are exceeded 2019-05-31 15:12:34 -06:00
certs treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 36 2019-05-24 17:27:11 +02:00
crypto treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 174 2019-05-30 11:26:41 -07:00
drivers iommu: Introduce IOMMU_RESV_DIRECT_RELAXABLE reserved memory regions 2019-06-12 10:32:59 +02:00
fs for-linus-20190601 2019-06-02 09:27:44 -07:00
include iommu: Introduce IOMMU_RESV_DIRECT_RELAXABLE reserved memory regions 2019-06-12 10:32:59 +02:00
init treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 167 2019-05-30 11:26:39 -07:00
ipc treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 52 2019-05-24 17:36:42 +02:00
kernel Merge branch 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2019-06-02 11:08:12 -07:00
lib SPDX fixes for 5.2-rc3, round 2 2019-06-02 10:22:38 -07:00
mm mm, compaction: make sure we isolate a valid PFN 2019-06-01 15:51:32 -07:00
net SPDX update for 5.2-rc3, round 1 2019-05-31 08:34:32 -07:00
samples treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 206 2019-05-30 11:29:53 -07:00
scripts Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2019-06-02 08:51:30 -07:00
security Merge branch 'next-fixes-for-5.2-rc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/zohar/linux-integrity 2019-05-31 11:08:44 -07:00
sound treewide: fix typos of SPDX-License-Identifier 2019-06-01 18:29:58 +02:00
tools Merge branch 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2019-06-02 11:08:12 -07:00
usr user/Makefile: Fix typo and capitalization in comment section 2018-12-11 00:18:03 +09:00
virt Fixes for PPC and s390. 2019-06-02 10:19:39 -07:00
.clang-format Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2019-04-17 11:26:25 -07:00
.cocciconfig
.get_maintainer.ignore Opt out of scripts/get_maintainer.pl 2019-05-16 10:53:40 -07:00
.gitattributes
.gitignore .gitignore: exclude .get_maintainer.ignore and .gitattributes 2019-05-18 11:49:54 +09:00
.mailmap A reasonably busy cycle for docs, including: 2019-05-08 12:42:50 -07:00
COPYING COPYING: use the new text with points to the license files 2018-03-23 12:41:45 -06:00
CREDITS MAINTAINERS: Farewell Martin Schwidefsky 2019-05-31 10:14:11 +02:00
Kbuild Kbuild updates for v5.1 2019-03-10 17:48:21 -07:00
Kconfig kconfig: move the "Executable file formats" menu to fs/Kconfig.binfmt 2018-08-02 08:06:55 +09:00
MAINTAINERS Merge branch 'i2c/for-current' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wsa/linux 2019-06-02 10:18:11 -07:00
Makefile Linux 5.2-rc3 2019-06-02 13:55:33 -07:00
README Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00

README

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.