| What: /sys/kernel/iommu_groups/ |
| Date: May 2012 |
| KernelVersion: v3.5 |
| Contact: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com> |
| Description: /sys/kernel/iommu_groups/ contains a number of sub- |
| directories, each representing an IOMMU group. The |
| name of the sub-directory matches the iommu_group_id() |
| for the group, which is an integer value. Within each |
| subdirectory is another directory named "devices" with |
| links to the sysfs devices contained in this group. |
| The group directory also optionally contains a "name" |
| file if the IOMMU driver has chosen to register a more |
| common name for the group. |
| Users: |
| |
| What: /sys/kernel/iommu_groups/reserved_regions |
| Date: January 2017 |
| KernelVersion: v4.11 |
| Contact: Eric Auger <eric.auger@redhat.com> |
| Description: /sys/kernel/iommu_groups/reserved_regions list IOVA |
| regions that are reserved. Not necessarily all |
| reserved regions are listed. This is typically used to |
| output direct-mapped, MSI, non mappable regions. Each |
| region is described on a single line: the 1st field is |
| the base IOVA, the second is the end IOVA and the third |
| field describes the type of the region. |
| |
| Since kernel 5.3, in case an RMRR is used only by graphics or |
| USB devices it is now exposed as "direct-relaxable" instead |
| of "direct". In device assignment use case, for instance, |
| those RMRR are considered to be relaxable and safe. |
| |
| What: /sys/kernel/iommu_groups/<grp_id>/type |
| Date: November 2020 |
| KernelVersion: v5.11 |
| Contact: Sai Praneeth Prakhya <sai.praneeth.prakhya@intel.com> |
| Description: /sys/kernel/iommu_groups/<grp_id>/type shows the type of default |
| domain in use by iommu for this group. See include/linux/iommu.h |
| for possible read values. A privileged user could request kernel to |
| change the group type by writing to this file. Valid write values: |
| |
| ======== ====================================================== |
| DMA All the DMA transactions from the device in this group |
| are translated by the iommu. |
| identity All the DMA transactions from the device in this group |
| are not translated by the iommu. |
| auto Change to the type the device was booted with. |
| ======== ====================================================== |
| |
| The default domain type of a group may be modified only when |
| |
| - The group has only one device. |
| - The device in the group is not bound to any device driver. |
| So, the users must unbind the appropriate driver before |
| changing the default domain type. |
| |
| Unbinding a device driver will take away the driver's control |
| over the device and if done on devices that host root file |
| system could lead to catastrophic effects (the users might |
| need to reboot the machine to get it to normal state). So, it's |
| expected that the users understand what they're doing. |