> From: Baolu Lu <baolu.lu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2025 1:10 PM
>
> On 8/12/25 06:59, Nicolin Chen wrote:
> >
> > + /*
> > + * This is called on the dma mapping fast path so avoid locking. This is
> > + * racy, but we have an expectation that the driver will setup its
> DMAs
>
> Why not making it like this,
>
> int iommu_deferred_attach(struct device *dev, struct iommu_domain
> *domain)
> {
> /* Caller must be a probed driver on dev */
> if (!dev->iommu_group)
> return 0;
>
> guard(mutex)(&dev->iommu_group->mutex);
> if (!dev->iommu->attach_deferred)
> return 0;
>
> return __iommu_attach_device(domain, dev);
> }
>
As the comment said it's the fast path so avoid locking. your way
implies that every map call needs to acquire the group mutex.
