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Re: [PATCH 09/10] xen/arm: introduce phys/dma translations in xen_dma_sync_for_*



On Thu, 21 May 2020, Julien Grall wrote:
> > @@ -97,8 +98,7 @@ bool xen_arch_need_swiotlb(struct device *dev,
> >                        phys_addr_t phys,
> >                        dma_addr_t dev_addr)
> >   {
> > -   unsigned int xen_pfn = XEN_PFN_DOWN(phys);
> > -   unsigned int bfn = XEN_PFN_DOWN(dev_addr);
> > +   unsigned int bfn = XEN_PFN_DOWN(dma_to_phys(dev, dev_addr));
> >             /*
> >      * The swiotlb buffer should be used if
> > @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ bool xen_arch_need_swiotlb(struct device *dev,
> >      * require a bounce buffer because the device doesn't support coherent
> >      * memory and we are not able to flush the cache.
> >      */
> > -   return (!hypercall_cflush && (xen_pfn != bfn) &&
> > +   return (!hypercall_cflush && !pfn_valid(bfn) &&
> 
> I believe this change is incorrect. The bfn is a frame based on Xen page
> granularity (always 4K) while pfn_valid() is expecting a frame based on the
> Kernel page granularity.

Given that kernel granularity >= xen granularity it looks like it would
be safe to use PFN_DOWN instead of XEN_PFN_DOWN:

  unsigned int bfn = PFN_DOWN(dma_to_phys(dev, dev_addr));
  return (!hypercall_cflush && !pfn_valid(bfn) &&



 


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