[PATCH 09/13] PCI/P2PDMA: Document ACS egress control handling
From: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
Date: 2026-08-02 15:10:39
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documentation, pci peer-to-peer dma (p2pdma), the rest · Maintainers:
Jonathan Corbet, Bjorn Helgaas, Logan Gunthorpe, Linus Torvalds
From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com> Document the ACS P2P Egress Control outcomes used by P2PDMA: a clear target vector bit permits direct routing, a set bit with Request Redirect enabled sends the request upstream, and a set bit with Request Redirect disabled causes an ACS Violation that P2PDMA rejects. Also record that pci=disable_acs_redir= clears P2P Request Redirect, Completion Redirect, and Egress Control. Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com> --- Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 9 +++++---- Documentation/driver-api/pci/p2pdma.rst | 8 ++++++++ 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index b5493a7f8f22..5c3ed4fd439c 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt@@ -5226,10 +5226,11 @@ Kernel parameters disable_acs_redir=<pci_dev>[; ...] Specify one or more PCI devices (in the format specified above) separated by semicolons. - Each device specified will have the PCI ACS - redirect capabilities forced off which will - allow P2P traffic between devices through - bridges without forcing it upstream. Note: + Each device specified will have the PCI ACS P2P + Request Redirect, Completion Redirect, and Egress + Control features forced off. This may allow P2P + traffic through bridges that would otherwise be + redirected upstream or blocked. Note: this removes isolation between devices and may put more devices in an IOMMU group. config_acs=
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/pci/p2pdma.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/pci/p2pdma.rst
index 192e9717b62d..85d4426847a1 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/pci/p2pdma.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/pci/p2pdma.rst@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ then based on the ACS settings the transaction can route entirely within the PCIe hierarchy and never reach the root port. The kernel will evaluate the PCIe topology and always permit P2P in these well-defined cases. +ACS P2P Egress Control does not by itself force a transaction upstream. A +clear Egress Control Vector bit for the peer port permits direct routing; a +set bit redirects the request upstream when P2P Request Redirect is enabled. +When Request Redirect is disabled, a set vector bit causes an ACS Violation +instead. The kernel evaluates these controls together and routes P2P DMA +through the host bridge when the direct path is blocked or cannot be +determined. + This evaluation covers the ACS controls that govern Requests carrying an Untranslated address. A Port with ACS Direct Translated P2P enabled routes a Request carrying a Translated address directly to the peer regardless of
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