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authorJiang Liu <jiang.liu@linux.intel.com>2014-01-06 10:18:08 +0400
committerJoerg Roedel <joro@8bytes.org>2014-01-07 20:16:19 +0400
commit360eb3c5687e2df23e29e97878238765bfe6a756 (patch)
tree6c97eb6de7e35cf4e3f552de8f20d7c3b1926787 /include/linux/dmar.h
parentdbad086433af81513c84678070522455fefebe2a (diff)
downloadlinux-360eb3c5687e2df23e29e97878238765bfe6a756.tar.xz
iommu/vt-d: use dedicated bitmap to track remapping entry allocation status
Currently Intel interrupt remapping drivers uses the "present" flag bit in remapping entry to track whether an entry is allocated or not. It works as follow: 1) allocate a remapping entry and set its "present" flag bit to 1 2) compose other fields for the entry 3) update the remapping entry with the composed value The remapping hardware may access the entry between step 1 and step 3, which then observers an entry with the "present" flag set but random values in all other fields. This patch introduces a dedicated bitmap to track remapping entry allocation status instead of sharing the "present" flag with hardware, thus eliminate the race window. It also simplifies the implementation. Tested-and-reviewed-by: Yijing Wang <wangyijing@huawei.com> Signed-off-by: Jiang Liu <jiang.liu@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <joro@8bytes.org>
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