[PATCH] DMA 4GB boundary protection
Jake Moilanen
moilanen at austin.ibm.com
Thu Mar 29 04:17:22 EST 2007
> > + /*
> > + * DMA cannot cross 4 GB boundary. Mark last entry of each 4
> > + * GB chunk as reserved.
> > + */
> > + if (protect4gb) {
> > + entries_per_4g = 0x100000000l >> IOMMU_PAGE_SHIFT;
> > +
> > + /* Mark the last bit before a 4GB boundary as used */
> > + start_index = (tbl->it_offset << IOMMU_PAGE_SHIFT) >> 32;
> > + start_index |= (entries_per_4g - 1);
>
> This looks broken.
>
> The idea is to make start_index the last page before the first 4GB
> boundary after it_offset. If that happens to be beyond end_index the
> for loop below will never run. If it's below that, every last page in
> the 4GB ranges will be marked in the loop. This will work even if the
> table starts at i.e. 2GB and goes until 10GB.
>
> With the first line above, your start_index will always be 0xfffff
> (unless the offset is waay up there in the address space).
>
> The logic I had was:
>
> start_index = tbl->it_offset | (entries_per_4g - 1);
>
> This is also broken, since it doesn't consider it_offset in the loop
> below. That was my bad, and I guess was what you tried to fix above.
>
> What you really want is:
>
> start_index = tbl->it_offset | (entries_per_4g - 1);
> start_index -= tbl->it_offset;
>
> end_index = tbl->it_size;
Yup.
> Say that it_offset is at 3GB, with 4KB pages that means the value is
> 0xc0000. entries_per_4g is 0x100000, i.e. the logic becomes: 0xc0000 |
> 0xfffff = 0xfffff (- 0xc0000 = 0x3ffff), which indeed is the last page
> before 4GB.
>
> If it_offset is at 9GB, i.e. 0x240000, then we get start_index at 0x2fffff
> (- 0x240000 = 0xbffff) , i.e. yet again last page before the 12GB wrap.
One more try.
There are many adapters which can not handle DMAing acrosss any 4 GB
boundary. For instance the latest Emulex adapters.
This normally is not an issue as firmware gives dma-windows under
4gigs. However, some of the new System-P boxes have dma-windows above
4gigs, and this present a problem.
During initialization of the IOMMU tables, the last entry at each 4GB
boundary is marked as used. Thus no mappings can cross the boundary.
If a table ends at a 4GB boundary, the entry is not marked as used.
A boot option to remove this 4GB protection is given w/ protect4gb=off.
This exposes the potential issue for driver and hardware development
purposes.
Signed-off-by: Jake Moilanen <moilanen at austin.ibm.com>
---
arch/powerpc/kernel/iommu.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
Index: powerpc/arch/powerpc/kernel/iommu.c
===================================================================
--- powerpc.orig/arch/powerpc/kernel/iommu.c
+++ powerpc/arch/powerpc/kernel/iommu.c
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ static int novmerge = 0;
static int novmerge = 1;
#endif
+static int protect4gb = 1;
+
static inline unsigned long iommu_num_pages(unsigned long vaddr,
unsigned long slen)
{
@@ -58,6 +60,16 @@ static inline unsigned long iommu_num_pa
return npages;
}
+static int __init setup_protect4gb(char *str)
+{
+ if (strcmp(str, "on") == 0)
+ protect4gb = 1;
+ else if (strcmp(str, "off") == 0)
+ protect4gb = 0;
+
+ return 1;
+}
+
static int __init setup_iommu(char *str)
{
if (!strcmp(str, "novmerge"))
@@ -67,6 +79,7 @@ static int __init setup_iommu(char *str)
return 1;
}
+__setup("protect4gb=", setup_protect4gb);
__setup("iommu=", setup_iommu);
static unsigned long iommu_range_alloc(struct iommu_table *tbl,
@@ -429,6 +442,9 @@ void iommu_unmap_sg(struct iommu_table *
struct iommu_table *iommu_init_table(struct iommu_table *tbl, int nid)
{
unsigned long sz;
+ unsigned long start_index, end_index;
+ unsigned long entries_per_4g;
+ unsigned long index;
static int welcomed = 0;
struct page *page;
@@ -450,7 +466,7 @@ struct iommu_table *iommu_init_table(str
#ifdef CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP
if (ppc_md.tce_get) {
- unsigned long index, tceval;
+ unsigned long tceval;
unsigned long tcecount = 0;
/*
@@ -480,6 +496,23 @@ struct iommu_table *iommu_init_table(str
ppc_md.tce_free(tbl, tbl->it_offset, tbl->it_size);
#endif
+ /*
+ * DMA cannot cross 4 GB boundary. Mark last entry of each 4
+ * GB chunk as reserved.
+ */
+ if (protect4gb) {
+ entries_per_4g = 0x100000000l >> IOMMU_PAGE_SHIFT;
+
+ /* Mark the last bit before a 4GB boundary as used */
+ start_index = tbl->it_offset | (entries_per_4g - 1);
+ start_index -= tbl->it_offset;
+
+ end_index = tbl->it_size;
+
+ for (index = start_index; index < end_index - 1; index +=
entries_per_4g)
+ __set_bit(index, tbl->it_map);
+ }
+
if (!welcomed) {
printk(KERN_INFO "IOMMU table initialized, virtual merging %s\n",
novmerge ? "disabled" : "enabled");
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