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-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt11
-rw-r--r--drivers/iommu/intel/Kconfig1
-rw-r--r--drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.c5
3 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 19192b39952a..87d46cb76121 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1946,11 +1946,12 @@
By default, super page will be supported if Intel IOMMU
has the capability. With this option, super page will
not be supported.
- sm_on [Default Off]
- By default, scalable mode will be disabled even if the
- hardware advertises that it has support for the scalable
- mode translation. With this option set, scalable mode
- will be used on hardware which claims to support it.
+ sm_on
+ Enable the Intel IOMMU scalable mode if the hardware
+ advertises that it has support for the scalable mode
+ translation.
+ sm_off
+ Disallow use of the Intel IOMMU scalable mode.
tboot_noforce [Default Off]
Do not force the Intel IOMMU enabled under tboot.
By default, tboot will force Intel IOMMU on, which
diff --git a/drivers/iommu/intel/Kconfig b/drivers/iommu/intel/Kconfig
index c1a92c3049d0..0ddb77115be7 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/intel/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/iommu/intel/Kconfig
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ config INTEL_IOMMU_FLOPPY_WA
config INTEL_IOMMU_SCALABLE_MODE_DEFAULT_ON
bool "Enable Intel IOMMU scalable mode by default"
+ default y
help
Selecting this option will enable by default the scalable mode if
hardware presents the capability. The scalable mode is defined in
diff --git a/drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.c
index acb91ddf32d0..8c9a9ed7dc09 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.c
@@ -432,8 +432,11 @@ static int __init intel_iommu_setup(char *str)
pr_info("Disable supported super page\n");
intel_iommu_superpage = 0;
} else if (!strncmp(str, "sm_on", 5)) {
- pr_info("Intel-IOMMU: scalable mode supported\n");
+ pr_info("Enable scalable mode if hardware supports\n");
intel_iommu_sm = 1;
+ } else if (!strncmp(str, "sm_off", 6)) {
+ pr_info("Scalable mode is disallowed\n");
+ intel_iommu_sm = 0;
} else if (!strncmp(str, "tboot_noforce", 13)) {
pr_info("Intel-IOMMU: not forcing on after tboot. This could expose security risk for tboot\n");
intel_iommu_tboot_noforce = 1;