Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2 of 5] add can_dma/post_dma for direct IO

[Anthony Liguori]

Blue Swirl wrote:
> On 12/12/08, Andrea Arcangeli <address@hidden> wrote:
>   
> > From: Andrea Arcangeli <address@hidden>
> >
> >  Add can_dma and post_dma methods needed before/after direct IO to guest
> >  physical memory.
> >
> >  Signed-off-by: Andrea Arcangeli <address@hidden>
> >     
>
>   
> >  +        /* nonlinear range */
> >  +        if (pd_first != pd)
> >  +            return NULL;
> >     
>
> In my tests on Sparc32, IOMMU can map a linear DVMA range to several
> non-linear physical pages, so this case should be handled correctly.
>   

I think we should go back to Fabrice's earliest suggestion here.  We 
should just have a simple map/unmap lock/unlock API for physical 
memory.  That should be the base API IMHO.

As long the map function goes from guest physical => host virtual, it 
can work for everything we care about.

This is orthogonal to an API dealing with scatter/gather lists and 
translation to and from them.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori