> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nicolin Chen <nicolinc@nvidia.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 5, 2025 12:09 AM
> To: Shameerali Kolothum Thodi
> <shameerali.kolothum.thodi@huawei.com>; Eric Auger
> <eric.auger@redhat.com>
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> Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/5] hw/arm/virt: Add support for user-creatable
> nested SMMUv3
> 
> On Tue, Feb 04, 2025 at 06:49:15PM +0100, Eric Auger wrote:
> > > In summary, we will have the following series:
> > > 1) HWPT uAPI patches in backends/iommufd.c (Zhenzhong or Shameer)
> > >    https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-
> devel/SJ0PR11MB6744943702EB5798EC9B3B9992E02@SJ0PR11MB6744.nam
> prd11.prod.outlook.com/
> > > 2) vIOMMU uAPI patches in backends/iommufd.c (I will rebase/send)
> 
> > for 1 and 2, are you taking about the "Add VIOMMU infrastructure
> support
> > " series in Shameer's branch: private-smmuv3-nested-dev-rfc-v1.
> > Sorry I may instead refer to NVidia or Intel's branch but I am not sure
> > about the last ones.
> 
> That "vIOMMU infrastructure" is for 2, yes.
> 
> For 1, it's inside the Intel's series:
> "cover-letter: intel_iommu: Enable stage-1 translation for passthrough
> device"
> 
> So, we need to extract them out and make it separately..
> 
> > > 3) vSMMUv3 patches for HW-acc/nesting (Hoping Don/you could take
> over)
> > We can start sending it upstream assuming we have a decent test
> environment.
> >
> > However in
> >
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/329445b2f68a47269292aefb34584375@huawei.c
> om/
> >
> > Shameer suggested he may include it in his SMMU multi instance series.
> > What do you both prefer?
> 
> Sure, I think it's good to include those patches, though I believe
> we need to build a new shared branch as Shameer's branch might not
> reflect the latest kernel uAPI header.
> 
> Here is a new branch on top of latest master tree (v9.2.50):
> https://github.com/nicolinc/qemu/commits/wip/for_shameer_02042025
> 
> I took HWPT patches from Zhenzhong's series and rebased all related
> changes from my tree. I did some sanity and it should work with RMR.
> 
> Shameer, would you please try this branch and then integrate your
> series on top of the following series?
>    cover-letter: Add HW accelerated nesting support for arm SMMUv3
>    cover-letter: Add vIOMMU-based nesting infrastructure support
>    cover-letter: Add HWPT-based nesting infrastructure support
> Basically, just replace my old multi-instance series with yours, to
> create a shared branch for all of us.

Ok. I will take a look at that and rebase.

Thanks,
Shameer