The IOMMU_RESV_DIRECT flag indicates that a memory region must be mapped
1:1 at all times. This means that the region must always be accessible to
the device, even if the device is attached to a blocking domain. This is
equal to saying that IOMMU_RESV_DIRECT flag prevents devices from being
attached to blocking domains.
This also implies that devices that implement RESV_DIRECT regions will be
prevented from being assigned to user space since taking the DMA ownership
immediately switches to a blocking domain.
The rule of preventing devices with the IOMMU_RESV_DIRECT regions from
being assigned to user space has existed in the Intel IOMMU driver for
a long time. Now, this rule is being lifted up to a general core rule,
as other architectures like AMD and ARM also have RMRR-like reserved
regions. This has been discussed in the community mailing list and refer
to below link for more details.
Other places using unmanaged domains for kernel DMA must follow the
iommu_get_resv_regions() and setup IOMMU_RESV_DIRECT - we do not restrict
them in the core code.
Cc: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@arm.com>
Cc: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>
Cc: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-iommu/BN9PR11MB5276E84229B5BD952D78E9598C639@BN9PR11MB5276.namprd11.prod.outlook.com
Signed-off-by: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Joerg Roedel <jroedel@suse.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230724060352.113458-2-baolu.lu@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <jroedel@suse.de>
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