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iommu/vt-d: Optimize iotlb_sync_map for non-caching/non-RWBF modes
The iotlb_sync_map iommu ops allows drivers to perform necessary cache
flushes when new mappings are established. For the Intel iommu driver,
this callback specifically serves two purposes:
- To flush caches when a second-stage page table is attached to a device
whose iommu is operating in caching mode (CAP_REG.CM==1).
- To explicitly flush internal write buffers to ensure updates to memory-
resident remapping structures are visible to hardware (CAP_REG.RWBF==1).
However, in scenarios where neither caching mode nor the RWBF flag is
active, the cache_tag_flush_range_np() helper, which is called in the
iotlb_sync_map path, effectively becomes a no-op.
Despite being a no-op, cache_tag_flush_range_np() involves iterating
through all cache tags of the iommu's attached to the domain, protected
by a spinlock. This unnecessary execution path introduces overhead,
leading to a measurable I/O performance regression. On systems with NVMes
under the same bridge, performance was observed to drop from approximately
~6150 MiB/s down to ~4985 MiB/s.
Introduce a flag in the dmar_domain structure. This flag will only be set
when iotlb_sync_map is required (i.e., when CM or RWBF is set). The
cache_tag_flush_range_np() is called only for domains where this flag is
set. This flag, once set, is immutable, given that there won't be mixed
configurations in real-world scenarios where some IOMMUs in a system
operate in caching mode while others do not. Theoretically, the
immutability of this flag does not impact functionality.
Reported-by: Ioanna Alifieraki <[email protected]>
Closes: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/2115738
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Fixes: 129dab6 ("iommu/vt-d: Use cache_tag_flush_range_np() in iotlb_sync_map")
Cc: [email protected]
Signed-off-by: Lu Baolu <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Kevin Tian <[email protected]>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <[email protected]>
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