Re: [RFC PATCH 3/4] memory: add interface for triggering IOMMU notify_flag_changed handler

[Peter Xu]

On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 02:21:46PM +0300, Viktor Prutyanov wrote:
> +void memory_region_iommu_notify_flags_changed(MemoryRegion *mr)
> +{
> +    IOMMUMemoryRegion *iommu_mr;
> +
> +    if (mr->alias) {
> +        memory_region_iommu_notify_flags_changed(mr->alias);
> +        return;
> +    }
> +    iommu_mr = IOMMU_MEMORY_REGION(mr);
> +    memory_region_update_iommu_notify_flags(iommu_mr, NULL);

Do we still want to trap the error if the update failed?

The other question: whether vhost can simply use the existing register /
unregister calls for iommu notifiers, rather than modifying the flags on
its own?  I'd assume this happens very rare anyway.  Or is there other
concerns?

-- 
Peter Xu