Re: [PATCH v5 3/4] intel_iommu: fix type of the mask field in VTDIOTLBPageInvInfo

[Minwoo Im]

On 24-07-08 11:39:54, CLEMENT MATHIEU--DRIF wrote:
> From: Clément Mathieu--Drif <clement.mathieu--drif@eviden.com>
> 
> The mask we are trying to store into VTDIOTLBPageInvInfo.mask might not
> fit in an uint8_t. Use uint64_t to avoid overflows.
> 
> Per the below code, it can overflow as am can be larger than 8 according
> to the CH 6.5.2.3 IOTLB Invalidate. And you may want a fix tag as well.
> 
> info.mask = ~((1 << am) - 1);
> 
> CH 6.5.2.3 IOTLB Invalidate
> 
> Address Mask (AM): For page-selective-within-domain invalidations,
> the Address Mask specifies the number of low order bits of the ADDR
> field that must be masked for the invalidation operation. This field
> enables software to request invalidation of contiguous mappings for
> size-aligned regions. Refer to Table 19 for encodings of this field.
> When invalidating a large-page translation, software must use the
> appropriate Address Mask value (0 for 4KByte page, 9 for 2-MByte page,
> and 18 for 1-GByte page). Hardware implementations report the maximum
> supported address mask value through the Capability register.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Clément Mathieu--Drif <clement.mathieu--drif@eviden.com>

Reviewed-by: Minwoo Im <minwoo.im@samsung.com>