Virtualization - Jul 2022 - [PATCH] virtio: Force DMA restricted devices through DMA API

On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 03:46:08PM +0000, Keir Fraser
wrote:
> However, if the general idea at least is acceptable, would the
> implementation be acceptable if I add an explicit API for this to the
> DMA subsystem, and hide the detail there?
I don't think so.  The right thing to key off is
VIRTIO_F_ACCESS_PLATFORM, which really should be set in any modern
virtio device after all the problems we had with the lack of it.
> Or a completely different approach would be to revert the patch
> e41b1355508d which clears VIRTIO_F_ACCESS_PLATFORM in the balloon
> driver. MST: That's back in your court, as it's your patch!
Which also means this needs to be addresses, but I don't think a
simple revert is enough.