Re: [PATCH v3 2/7] vfio: introduce vfio_dma_rw to read/write a range of IOVAs

From: Alex Williamson
Date: Mon Feb 24 2020 - 14:14:53 EST


On Mon, 24 Feb 2020 03:47:15 -0500
Yan Zhao <yan.y.zhao@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> vfio_dma_rw will read/write a range of user space memory pointed to by
> IOVA into/from a kernel buffer without enforcing pinning the user space
> memory.
>
> TODO: mark the IOVAs to user space memory dirty if they are written in
> vfio_dma_rw().
>
> Cc: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Yan Zhao <yan.y.zhao@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/vfio/vfio.c | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++
> drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c | 77 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> include/linux/vfio.h | 5 +++
> 3 files changed, 131 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/vfio/vfio.c b/drivers/vfio/vfio.c
> index 914bdf4b9d73..902867627cbf 100644
> --- a/drivers/vfio/vfio.c
> +++ b/drivers/vfio/vfio.c
> @@ -1998,6 +1998,55 @@ int vfio_unpin_pages(struct device *dev, unsigned long *user_pfn, int npage)
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfio_unpin_pages);
>
> +
> +/*
> + * This interface allows the CPUs to perform some sort of virtual DMA on
> + * behalf of the device.
> + *
> + * CPUs read/write a range of IOVAs pointing to user space memory into/from
> + * a kernel buffer.
> + *
> + * As the read/write of user space memory is conducted via the CPUs and is
> + * not a real device DMA, it is not necessary to pin the user space memory.
> + *
> + * The caller needs to call vfio_group_get_external_user() or
> + * vfio_group_get_external_user_from_dev() prior to calling this interface,
> + * so as to prevent the VFIO group from disposal in the middle of the call.
> + * But it can keep the reference to the VFIO group for several calls into
> + * this interface.
> + * After finishing using of the VFIO group, the caller needs to release the
> + * VFIO group by calling vfio_group_put_external_user().
> + *
> + * @group [in]: vfio group of a device
> + * @iova [in] : base IOVA of a user space buffer
> + * @data [in] : pointer to kernel buffer
> + * @len [in] : kernel buffer length
> + * @write : indicate read or write
> + * Return error code on failure or 0 on success.
> + */
> +int vfio_dma_rw(struct vfio_group *group, dma_addr_t iova,
> + void *data, size_t len, bool write)
> +{
> + struct vfio_container *container;
> + struct vfio_iommu_driver *driver;
> + int ret = 0;
> +
> + if (!group || !data || len <= 0)
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + container = group->container;
> + driver = container->iommu_driver;
> +
> + if (likely(driver && driver->ops->dma_rw))
> + ret = driver->ops->dma_rw(container->iommu_data,
> + iova, data, len, write);
> + else
> + ret = -ENOTTY;
> +
> + return ret;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfio_dma_rw);
> +
> static int vfio_register_iommu_notifier(struct vfio_group *group,
> unsigned long *events,
> struct notifier_block *nb)
> diff --git a/drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c b/drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c
> index 2ada8e6cdb88..74e1c425943c 100644
> --- a/drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c
> +++ b/drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c
> @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
> #include <linux/iommu.h>
> #include <linux/module.h>
> #include <linux/mm.h>
> +#include <linux/mmu_context.h>
> #include <linux/rbtree.h>
> #include <linux/sched/signal.h>
> #include <linux/sched/mm.h>
> @@ -2326,6 +2327,81 @@ static int vfio_iommu_type1_unregister_notifier(void *iommu_data,
> return blocking_notifier_chain_unregister(&iommu->notifier, nb);
> }
>
> +static size_t vfio_iommu_type1_dma_rw_chunk(struct vfio_iommu *iommu,
> + dma_addr_t iova, void *data,
> + size_t count, bool write)
> +{
> + struct mm_struct *mm;
> + unsigned long vaddr;
> + struct vfio_dma *dma;
> + bool kthread = current->mm == NULL;
> + size_t done = 0;
> + size_t offset;
> +
> + dma = vfio_find_dma(iommu, iova, 1);
> + if (!dma)
> + return 0;
> +
> + if ((write && !(dma->prot & IOMMU_WRITE)) ||
> + !(dma->prot & IOMMU_READ))
> + return 0;
> +
> + mm = get_task_mm(dma->task);
> +
> + if (!mm)
> + return 0;
> +
> + if (kthread)
> + use_mm(mm);
> + else if (current->mm != mm)
> + goto out;
> +
> + offset = iova - dma->iova;
> +
> + if (count > dma->size - offset)
> + count = dma->size - offset;
> +
> + vaddr = dma->vaddr + offset;
> +
> + if (write)
> + done = __copy_to_user((void __user *)vaddr,
> + data, count) ? 0 : count;
> + else
> + done = __copy_from_user(data, (void __user *)vaddr,
> + count) ? 0 : count;
> +
> + if (kthread)
> + unuse_mm(mm);
> +out:
> + mmput(mm);
> + return done;


Return 0 on error? Why wouldn't this function decide the errno rather
than masking them all as -EFAULT by the callee below? Thanks,

Alex

> +}
> +
> +static int vfio_iommu_type1_dma_rw(void *iommu_data, dma_addr_t iova,
> + void *data, size_t count, bool write)
> +{
> + struct vfio_iommu *iommu = iommu_data;
> + int ret = 0;
> + size_t done = 0;
> +
> + mutex_lock(&iommu->lock);
> + while (count > 0) {
> + done = vfio_iommu_type1_dma_rw_chunk(iommu, iova, data,
> + count, write);
> + if (!done) {
> + ret = -EFAULT;
> + break;
> + }
> +
> + count -= done;
> + data += done;
> + iova += done;
> + }
> +
> + mutex_unlock(&iommu->lock);
> + return ret;
> +}
> +
> static const struct vfio_iommu_driver_ops vfio_iommu_driver_ops_type1 = {
> .name = "vfio-iommu-type1",
> .owner = THIS_MODULE,
> @@ -2338,6 +2414,7 @@ static const struct vfio_iommu_driver_ops vfio_iommu_driver_ops_type1 = {
> .unpin_pages = vfio_iommu_type1_unpin_pages,
> .register_notifier = vfio_iommu_type1_register_notifier,
> .unregister_notifier = vfio_iommu_type1_unregister_notifier,
> + .dma_rw = vfio_iommu_type1_dma_rw,
> };
>
> static int __init vfio_iommu_type1_init(void)
> diff --git a/include/linux/vfio.h b/include/linux/vfio.h
> index 2e1fa0c7396f..fea0cb1e61d2 100644
> --- a/include/linux/vfio.h
> +++ b/include/linux/vfio.h
> @@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ struct vfio_iommu_driver_ops {
> struct notifier_block *nb);
> int (*unregister_notifier)(void *iommu_data,
> struct notifier_block *nb);
> + int (*dma_rw)(void *iommu_data, dma_addr_t iova,
> + void *data, size_t count, bool write);
> };
>
> extern int vfio_register_iommu_driver(const struct vfio_iommu_driver_ops *ops);
> @@ -109,6 +111,9 @@ extern int vfio_pin_pages(struct device *dev, unsigned long *user_pfn,
> extern int vfio_unpin_pages(struct device *dev, unsigned long *user_pfn,
> int npage);
>
> +extern int vfio_dma_rw(struct vfio_group *group, dma_addr_t iova, void *data,
> + size_t len, bool write);
> +
> /* each type has independent events */
> enum vfio_notify_type {
> VFIO_IOMMU_NOTIFY = 0,