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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2021-07-02 22:22:47 +0200
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2021-07-02 22:22:47 +0200
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Merge tag 'iommu-updates-v5.14' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/joro/iommu
Pull iommu updates from Joerg Roedel: - SMMU Updates from Will Deacon: - SMMUv3: - Support stalling faults for platform devices - Decrease defaults sizes for the event and PRI queues - SMMUv2: - Support for a new '->probe_finalize' hook, needed by Nvidia - Even more Qualcomm compatible strings - Avoid Adreno TTBR1 quirk for DB820C platform - Intel VT-d updates from Lu Baolu: - Convert Intel IOMMU to use sva_lib helpers in iommu core - ftrace and debugfs supports for page fault handling - Support asynchronous nested capabilities - Various misc cleanups - Support for new VIOT ACPI table to make the VirtIO IOMMU available on x86 - Add the amd_iommu=force_enable command line option to enable the IOMMU on platforms where they are known to cause problems - Support for version 2 of the Rockchip IOMMU - Various smaller fixes, cleanups and refactorings * tag 'iommu-updates-v5.14' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/joro/iommu: (66 commits) iommu/virtio: Enable x86 support iommu/dma: Pass address limit rather than size to iommu_setup_dma_ops() ACPI: Add driver for the VIOT table ACPI: Move IOMMU setup code out of IORT ACPI: arm64: Move DMA setup operations out of IORT iommu/vt-d: Fix dereference of pointer info before it is null checked iommu: Update "iommu.strict" documentation iommu/arm-smmu: Check smmu->impl pointer before dereferencing iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Remove unnecessary oom message iommu/arm-smmu: Fix arm_smmu_device refcount leak in address translation iommu/arm-smmu: Fix arm_smmu_device refcount leak when arm_smmu_rpm_get fails iommu/vt-d: Fix linker error on 32-bit iommu/vt-d: No need to typecast iommu/vt-d: Define counter explicitly as unsigned int iommu/vt-d: Remove unnecessary braces iommu/vt-d: Removed unused iommu_count in dmar domain iommu/vt-d: Use bitfields for DMAR capabilities iommu/vt-d: Use DEVICE_ATTR_RO macro iommu/vt-d: Fix out-bounds-warning in intel/svm.c iommu/vt-d: Add PRQ handling latency sampling ...
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 13f13fdd4731..0081d83457e8 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -301,6 +301,9 @@
allowed anymore to lift isolation
requirements as needed. This option
does not override iommu=pt
+ force_enable - Force enable the IOMMU on platforms known
+ to be buggy with IOMMU enabled. Use this
+ option with care.
amd_iommu_dump= [HW,X86-64]
Enable AMD IOMMU driver option to dump the ACPI table
@@ -2031,7 +2034,7 @@
forcing Dual Address Cycle for PCI cards supporting
greater than 32-bit addressing.
- iommu.strict= [ARM64] Configure TLB invalidation behaviour
+ iommu.strict= [ARM64, X86] Configure TLB invalidation behaviour
Format: { "0" | "1" }
0 - Lazy mode.
Request that DMA unmap operations use deferred
@@ -2042,6 +2045,10 @@
1 - Strict mode (default).
DMA unmap operations invalidate IOMMU hardware TLBs
synchronously.
+ Note: on x86, the default behaviour depends on the
+ equivalent driver-specific parameters, but a strict
+ mode explicitly specified by either method takes
+ precedence.
iommu.passthrough=
[ARM64, X86] Configure DMA to bypass the IOMMU by default.