Re: [PATCH 04/22] arm64: dts: qcom: hamoa: Reserve low IOVA range for Iris

Vikash Garodia <[email protected]> Fri, 7 Aug 2026 14:56:27 +0530
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-media,org.kernel.vger.linux-arm-msm,org.kernel.vger.linux-devicetree,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.stable
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 8/7/2026 2:33 PM, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 07, 2026 at 01:54:48PM +0530, Vikash Garodia wrote:
>> From: Daniel J Blueman <[email protected]>
>>
>> On X1-family hamoa platforms, the Iris VPU reserves IOVA addresses
>> below 0x25800000 (600MB), primarily for secure non-pixel buffers. DMA
>> into that range, from any other stream id would triggers unhandled SMMU
>> page faults that cause spontaneous device reboots. This is readily
>> reproduced with one or more browser tabs driving multiple concurrent
>> video decode streams.
>>
>> Add a reserved-memory IOVA reservation node covering [0, 0x25800000]
>> and reference it from the Iris node so the IOMMU layer keeps DMA
>> allocations above that boundary.
>>
>> Link: https://github.com/qualcomm-linux/kernel-topics/issues/1157#issuecomment-4458933574
>> Fixes: 9065340ac04d ("arm64: dts: qcom: x1e80100: Add IRIS video codec")
>> Cc: [email protected]
>> Signed-off-by: Daniel J Blueman <[email protected]>
>> Signed-off-by: Vikash Garodia <[email protected]>
>> ---
>>   arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/hamoa.dtsi | 13 ++++++++++++-
>>   1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/hamoa.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/hamoa.dtsi
>> index 8a96ea1bdb9c4c409b2af997680d8c13fed0643e..87f424765d513c97b06303bceb75ca9f176d2ace 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/hamoa.dtsi
>> +++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/hamoa.dtsi
>> @@ -666,6 +666,17 @@ smem_mem: smem@ffe00000 {
>>   			hwlocks = <&tcsr_mutex 3>;
>>   			no-map;
>>   		};
>> +
>> +		/*
>> +		 * The Iris VPU reserves IOVA below 0x25800000 (600MB),
>> +		 * primarily for non-pixel buffers using different Stream IDs.
>> +		 * DMA into that range triggers unhandled SMMU faults and
>> +		 * spontaneous reboots, so reserve it to keep IOMMU
>> +		 * allocations above this boundary.
>> +		 */
>> +		iris_iova: iris-iova {
>> +			iommu-addresses = <&iris 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x25800000>;
>> +		};
>>   	};
>>   
>>   	qup_opp_table_100mhz: opp-table-qup100mhz {
>> @@ -5439,7 +5450,7 @@ &config_noc SLAVE_VENUS_CFG QCOM_ICC_TAG_ACTIVE_ONLY>,
>>   			interconnect-names = "cpu-cfg",
>>   					     "video-mem";
>>   
>> -			memory-region = <&video_mem>;
>> +			memory-region = <&video_mem>, <&iris_iova>;
> 
> I don't like the idea of this series, because it _again_ doesn't tell us
> the truth about the hardware. This typicall ends up with bigger problems

honestly...thats all the info i have about the vpu hardware that it 
restricts non pixel to DMA from the 0-600MB range. The same i have been 
trying for a year now

https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/

> later on, when it starts to affect other bits and pieces.
> 
> I don't want to NAK it, but I'd strongly ask to reconsider it.
> 
>>   
>>   			resets = <&gcc GCC_VIDEO_AXI0_CLK_ARES>;
>>   			reset-names = "bus";
>>
>> -- 
>> 2.34.1
>>
>