remove useless include of EAL memory config header

[dpdk.git] / lib / librte_eal / linux / eal / eal.c

diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linux/eal/eal.c b/lib/librte_eal/linux/eal/eal.c
index 34db787..c6ad231 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linux/eal/eal.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linux/eal/eal.c
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 #include <rte_memory.h>
 #include <rte_launch.h>
 #include <rte_eal.h>
-#include <rte_eal_memconfig.h>
 #include <rte_errno.h>
 #include <rte_per_lcore.h>
 #include <rte_lcore.h>
@@ -66,6 +65,8 @@
 
 #define SOCKET_MEM_STRLEN (RTE_MAX_NUMA_NODES * 10)
 
+#define KERNEL_IOMMU_GROUPS_PATH "/sys/kernel/iommu_groups"
+
 /* Allow the application to print its usage message too if set */
 static rte_usage_hook_t        rte_application_usage_hook = NULL;
 
@@ -951,6 +952,33 @@ static void rte_eal_init_alert(const char *msg)
        RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "%s\n", msg);
 }
 
+/*
+ * On Linux 3.6+, even if VFIO is not loaded, whenever IOMMU is enabled in the
+ * BIOS and in the kernel, /sys/kernel/iommu_groups path will contain kernel
+ * IOMMU groups. If IOMMU is not enabled, that path would be empty.
+ * Therefore, checking if the path is empty will tell us if IOMMU is enabled.
+ */
+static bool
+is_iommu_enabled(void)
+{
+       DIR *dir = opendir(KERNEL_IOMMU_GROUPS_PATH);
+       struct dirent *d;
+       int n = 0;
+
+       /* if directory doesn't exist, assume IOMMU is not enabled */
+       if (dir == NULL)
+               return false;
+
+       while ((d = readdir(dir)) != NULL) {
+               /* skip dot and dot-dot */
+               if (++n > 2)
+                       break;
+       }
+       closedir(dir);
+
+       return n > 2;
+}
+
 /* Launch threads, called at application init(). */
 int
 rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
@@ -1061,8 +1089,25 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
                enum rte_iova_mode iova_mode = rte_bus_get_iommu_class();
 
                if (iova_mode == RTE_IOVA_DC) {
-                       iova_mode = RTE_IOVA_VA;
-                       RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Buses did not request a specific IOVA mode, select IOVA as VA mode.\n");
+                       RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Buses did not request a specific IOVA mode.\n");
+
+                       if (!phys_addrs) {
+                               /* if we have no access to physical addresses,
+                                * pick IOVA as VA mode.
+                                */
+                               iova_mode = RTE_IOVA_VA;
+                               RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "Physical addresses are unavailable, selecting IOVA as VA mode.\n");
+                       } else if (is_iommu_enabled()) {
+                               /* we have an IOMMU, pick IOVA as VA mode */
+                               iova_mode = RTE_IOVA_VA;
+                               RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "IOMMU is available, selecting IOVA as VA mode.\n");
+                       } else {
+                               /* physical addresses available, and no IOMMU
+                                * found, so pick IOVA as PA.
+                                */
+                               iova_mode = RTE_IOVA_PA;
+                               RTE_LOG(DEBUG, EAL, "IOMMU is not available, selecting IOVA as PA mode.\n");
+                       }
                }
 #ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_KNI
                /* Workaround for KNI which requires physical address to work */