Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] dma-mapping: add a dma_ops_bypass flag to struct device

From: Christoph Hellwig <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 09:50:59 +0100

On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 09:37:05AM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > > +	/*
> > > +	 * Allows IOMMU drivers to bypass dynamic translations if the DMA mask
> > > +	 * is large enough.
> > > +	 */
> > > +	if (dev->dma_ops_bypass) {
> > > +		if (min_not_zero(dev->coherent_dma_mask, dev->bus_dma_limit) >=
> > > +				dma_direct_get_required_mask(dev))
> > > +			return true;
> > > +	}
> > 
> > 
> > Why not do this in dma_map_direct() as well?
> 
> Mostly beacuse it is a relatively expensive operation, including a
> fls64.

Which I guess isn't too bad compared to a dynamic IOMMU mapping.  Can
you just send a draft patch for what you'd like to see for ppc?