13 Feb
2023
13 Feb
'23
2:45 p.m.
On Mon, Feb 13, 2023 at 02:24:40AM +0000, Tian, Kevin wrote:
This is because the cache tag and the io page table top are in different 64 bit words so atomic writes don't cover both, and thus the IOMMU HW could tear the two stores and mismatch the cache tag to the table top. This would corrupt the cache.
VT-d spec recommends using 128bit cmpxchg instruction to update page table pointer and DID together.
Oh really? Such a thing exists? That neat!
Jason