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-rw-r--r--drivers/iommu/iommufd/hw_pagetable.c9
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/iommu/iommufd/hw_pagetable.c b/drivers/iommu/iommufd/hw_pagetable.c
index 72a5269984b0..c2b742ffeb0c 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/iommufd/hw_pagetable.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/iommufd/hw_pagetable.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ void iommufd_hw_pagetable_abort(struct iommufd_object *obj)
iommufd_hw_pagetable_destroy(obj);
}
-int iommufd_hw_pagetable_enforce_cc(struct iommufd_hw_pagetable *hwpt)
+static int iommufd_hw_pagetable_enforce_cc(struct iommufd_hw_pagetable *hwpt)
{
if (hwpt->enforce_cache_coherency)
return 0;
@@ -116,6 +116,13 @@ iommufd_hw_pagetable_alloc(struct iommufd_ctx *ictx, struct iommufd_ioas *ioas,
* doing any maps. It is an iommu driver bug to report
* IOMMU_CAP_ENFORCE_CACHE_COHERENCY but fail enforce_cache_coherency on
* a new domain.
+ *
+ * The cache coherency mode must be configured here and unchanged later.
+ * Note that a HWPT (non-CC) created for a device (non-CC) can be later
+ * reused by another device (either non-CC or CC). However, A HWPT (CC)
+ * created for a device (CC) cannot be reused by another device (non-CC)
+ * but only devices (CC). Instead user space in this case would need to
+ * allocate a separate HWPT (non-CC).
*/
if (idev->enforce_cache_coherency) {
rc = iommufd_hw_pagetable_enforce_cc(hwpt);