[PATCH 2/7] iommu: add api to get iommu_domain of a device

Bhushan Bharat-R65777 R65777 at freescale.com
Sat Oct 5 03:23:30 EST 2013



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alex Williamson [mailto:alex.williamson at redhat.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 04, 2013 10:43 PM
> To: Bhushan Bharat-R65777
> Cc: joro at 8bytes.org; benh at kernel.crashing.org; galak at kernel.crashing.org; linux-
> kernel at vger.kernel.org; linuxppc-dev at lists.ozlabs.org; linux-
> pci at vger.kernel.org; agraf at suse.de; Wood Scott-B07421; iommu at lists.linux-
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] iommu: add api to get iommu_domain of a device
> 
> On Fri, 2013-10-04 at 16:47 +0000, Bhushan Bharat-R65777 wrote:
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Alex Williamson [mailto:alex.williamson at redhat.com]
> > > Sent: Friday, October 04, 2013 9:15 PM
> > > To: Bhushan Bharat-R65777
> > > Cc: joro at 8bytes.org; benh at kernel.crashing.org;
> > > galak at kernel.crashing.org; linux- kernel at vger.kernel.org;
> > > linuxppc-dev at lists.ozlabs.org; linux- pci at vger.kernel.org;
> > > agraf at suse.de; Wood Scott-B07421; iommu at lists.linux- foundation.org
> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] iommu: add api to get iommu_domain of a
> > > device
> > >
> > > On Fri, 2013-10-04 at 09:54 +0000, Bhushan Bharat-R65777 wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: linux-pci-owner at vger.kernel.org
> > > > > [mailto:linux-pci-owner at vger.kernel.org]
> > > > > On Behalf Of Alex Williamson
> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 10:16 PM
> > > > > To: Bhushan Bharat-R65777
> > > > > Cc: joro at 8bytes.org; benh at kernel.crashing.org;
> > > > > galak at kernel.crashing.org; linux- kernel at vger.kernel.org;
> > > > > linuxppc-dev at lists.ozlabs.org; linux- pci at vger.kernel.org;
> > > > > agraf at suse.de; Wood Scott-B07421; iommu at lists.linux-
> > > > > foundation.org; Bhushan Bharat-R65777
> > > > > Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] iommu: add api to get iommu_domain of a
> > > > > device
> > > > >
> > > > > On Thu, 2013-09-19 at 12:59 +0530, Bharat Bhushan wrote:
> > > > > > This api return the iommu domain to which the device is attached.
> > > > > > The iommu_domain is required for making API calls related to iommu.
> > > > > > Follow up patches which use this API to know iommu maping.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Signed-off-by: Bharat Bhushan <bharat.bhushan at freescale.com>
> > > > > > ---
> > > > > >  drivers/iommu/iommu.c |   10 ++++++++++
> > > > > >  include/linux/iommu.h |    7 +++++++
> > > > > >  2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/iommu/iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/iommu.c
> > > > > > index
> > > > > > fbe9ca7..6ac5f50 100644
> > > > > > --- a/drivers/iommu/iommu.c
> > > > > > +++ b/drivers/iommu/iommu.c
> > > > > > @@ -696,6 +696,16 @@ void iommu_detach_device(struct
> > > > > > iommu_domain *domain, struct device *dev)  }
> > > > > > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iommu_detach_device);
> > > > > >
> > > > > > +struct iommu_domain *iommu_get_dev_domain(struct device *dev) {
> > > > > > +	struct iommu_ops *ops = dev->bus->iommu_ops;
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > +	if (unlikely(ops == NULL || ops->get_dev_iommu_domain == NULL))
> > > > > > +		return NULL;
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > +	return ops->get_dev_iommu_domain(dev); }
> > > > > > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iommu_get_dev_domain);
> > > > >
> > > > > What prevents this from racing iommu_domain_free()?  There's no
> > > > > references acquired, so there's no reason for the caller to
> > > > > assume the
> > > pointer is valid.
> > > >
> > > > Sorry for late query, somehow this email went into a folder and
> > > > escaped;
> > > >
> > > > Just to be sure, there is not lock at generic "struct
> > > > iommu_domain", but IP
> > > specific structure (link FSL domain) linked in iommu_domain->priv
> > > have a lock, so we need to ensure this race in FSL iommu code (say
> > > drivers/iommu/fsl_pamu_domain.c), right?
> > >
> > > No, it's not sufficient to make sure that your use of the interface
> > > is race free.  The interface itself needs to be designed so that
> > > it's difficult to use incorrectly.
> >
> > So we can define iommu_get_dev_domain()/iommu_put_dev_domain();
> > iommu_get_dev_domain() will return domain with the lock held, and
> > iommu_put_dev_domain() will release the lock? And
> > iommu_get_dev_domain() must always be followed by
> > iommu_get_dev_domain().
> 
> What lock?  get/put are generally used for reference counting, not locking in
> the kernel.
> 
> > > That's not the case here.  This is a backdoor to get the iommu
> > > domain from the iommu driver regardless of who is using it or how.
> > > The iommu domain is created and managed by vfio, so shouldn't we be
> > > looking at how to do this through vfio?
> >
> > Let me first describe what we are doing here:
> > During initialization:-
> >  - vfio talks to MSI system to know the MSI-page and size
> >  - vfio then interacts with iommu to map the MSI-page in iommu (IOVA
> > is decided by userspace and physical address is the MSI-page)
> >  - So the IOVA subwindow mapping is created in iommu and yes VFIO know about
> this mapping.
> >
> > Now do SET_IRQ(MSI/MSIX) ioctl:
> >  - calls pci_enable_msix()/pci_enable_msi_block(): which is supposed to set
> MSI address/data in device.
> >  - So in current implementation (this patchset) msi-subsystem gets the IOVA
> from iommu via this defined interface.
> >  - Are you saying that rather than getting this from iommu, we should get this
> from vfio? What difference does this make?
> 
> Yes, you just said above that vfio knows the msi to iova mapping, so why go
> outside of vfio to find it later?  The difference is one case you can have a
> proper reference to data structures to make sure the pointer you get back
> actually has meaning at the time you're using it vs the code here where you're
> defining an API that returns a meaningless value

With FSL-PAMU we will always get consistant data from iommu or vfio-data structure.

> because you can't check or
> enforce that an arbitrary caller is using it correctly.

I am not sure what is arbitrary caller? pdev is known to vfio, so vfio will only make pci_enable_msix()/pci_enable_msi_block() for this pdev. If anyother code makes then it is some other unexpectedly thing happening in system, no?


>  It's not maintainable.
> Thanks,

I do not have any issue with this as well, can you also describe the type of API you are envisioning;
I can think of defining some function in vfio.c/vfio_iommu*.c, make them global and declare then in include/Linux/vfio.h
And include <Linux/vfio.h> in caller file (arch/powerpc/kernel/msi.c)

Thanks
-Bharat
> 
> Alex
> 
> > > It seems like you'd want to use your device to get a vfio group
> > > reference, from which you could do something with the vfio external
> > > user interface and get the iommu domain reference.  Thanks,
> > >
> > > Alex
> > >
> > > > > >  /*
> > > > > >   * IOMMU groups are really the natrual working unit of the IOMMU, but
> > > > > >   * the IOMMU API works on domains and devices.  Bridge that
> > > > > > gap by diff --git a/include/linux/iommu.h
> > > > > > b/include/linux/iommu.h index 7ea319e..fa046bd 100644
> > > > > > --- a/include/linux/iommu.h
> > > > > > +++ b/include/linux/iommu.h
> > > > > > @@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ struct iommu_ops {
> > > > > >  	int (*domain_set_windows)(struct iommu_domain *domain, u32
> > > w_count);
> > > > > >  	/* Get the numer of window per domain */
> > > > > >  	u32 (*domain_get_windows)(struct iommu_domain *domain);
> > > > > > +	struct iommu_domain *(*get_dev_iommu_domain)(struct device
> > > > > > +*dev);
> > > > > >
> > > > > >  	unsigned long pgsize_bitmap;  }; @@ -190,6 +191,7 @@ extern
> > > > > > int iommu_domain_window_enable(struct iommu_domain
> > > > > *domain, u32 wnd_nr,
> > > > > >  				      phys_addr_t offset, u64 size,
> > > > > >  				      int prot);
> > > > > >  extern void iommu_domain_window_disable(struct iommu_domain
> > > > > > *domain,
> > > > > > u32 wnd_nr);
> > > > > > +extern struct iommu_domain *iommu_get_dev_domain(struct
> > > > > > +device *dev);
> > > > > >  /**
> > > > > >   * report_iommu_fault() - report about an IOMMU fault to the
> > > > > > IOMMU
> > > framework
> > > > > >   * @domain: the iommu domain where the fault has happened @@
> > > > > > -284,6
> > > > > > +286,11 @@ static inline void
> > > > > > +iommu_domain_window_disable(struct
> > > > > > iommu_domain *domain,  {  }
> > > > > >
> > > > > > +static inline struct iommu_domain
> > > > > > +*iommu_get_dev_domain(struct device
> > > > > > +*dev) {
> > > > > > +	return NULL;
> > > > > > +}
> > > > > > +
> > > > > >  static inline phys_addr_t iommu_iova_to_phys(struct
> > > > > > iommu_domain *domain, dma_addr_t iova)  {
> > > > > >  	return 0;
> > > > >
> > > > >
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