Re: [PATCH v5 04/15] vfio/type1: Report iommu nesting info to userspace

From: Auger Eric
Date: Mon Jul 20 2020 - 04:33:40 EST


Yi,

On 7/20/20 9:51 AM, Liu, Yi L wrote:
> Hi Eric,
>
>> From: Auger Eric <eric.auger@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2020 1:34 AM
>>
>> Yi,
>>
>> On 7/12/20 1:20 PM, Liu Yi L wrote:
>>> This patch exports iommu nesting capability info to user space through
>>> VFIO. User space is expected to check this info for supported uAPIs (e.g.
>> it is not only to check the supported uAPIS but rather to know which
>> callbacks it must call upon vIOMMU events and which features are
>> supported by the physical IOMMU.
>
> yes, will refine the description per your comment.
>
>>> PASID alloc/free, bind page table, and cache invalidation) and the vendor
>>> specific format information for first level/stage page table that will be
>>> bound to.
>>>
>>> The nesting info is available only after the nesting iommu type is set
>>> for a container.
>> to NESTED type
>
> you mean "The nesting info is available only after container set to be NESTED type."
>
> right?
correct
>
>> Current implementation imposes one limitation - one
>>> nesting container should include at most one group. The philosophy of
>>> vfio container is having all groups/devices within the container share
>>> the same IOMMU context. When vSVA is enabled, one IOMMU context could
>>> include one 2nd-level address space and multiple 1st-level address spaces.
>>> While the 2nd-level address space is reasonably sharable by multiple groups
>>> , blindly sharing 1st-level address spaces across all groups within the
>>> container might instead break the guest expectation. In the future sub/
>>> super container concept might be introduced to allow partial address space
>>> sharing within an IOMMU context. But for now let's go with this restriction
>>> by requiring singleton container for using nesting iommu features. Below
>>> link has the related discussion about this decision.
>>
>> Maybe add a note about SMMU related changes spotted by Jean.
>
> I guess you mean the comments Jean gave in patch 3/15, right? I'll
> copy his comments and also give the below link as well.
>
> 20200717090900.GC4850@myrica/">https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20200717090900.GC4850@myrica/
correct

Thanks

Eric
>
>>>
>>> https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/5/15/1028
>>>
>>> Cc: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> CC: Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Cc: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Cc: Eric Auger <eric.auger@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Cc: Jean-Philippe Brucker <jean-philippe@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Cc: Joerg Roedel <joro@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Cc: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Signed-off-by: Liu Yi L <yi.l.liu@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>> v4 -> v5:
>>> *) address comments from Eric Auger.
>>> *) return struct iommu_nesting_info for
>> VFIO_IOMMU_TYPE1_INFO_CAP_NESTING as
>>> cap is much "cheap", if needs extension in future, just define another cap.
>>> https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20200708132947.5b7ee954@xxxxxxx/
>>>
>>> v3 -> v4:
>>> *) address comments against v3.
>>>
>>> v1 -> v2:
>>> *) added in v2
>>> ---
>>> drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c | 102
>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>>> include/uapi/linux/vfio.h | 19 ++++++++
>>> 2 files changed, 109 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c b/drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c
>>> index 3bd70ff..ed80104 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c
>>> @@ -62,18 +62,20 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(dma_entry_limit,
>>> "Maximum number of user DMA mappings per container (65535).");
>>>
>>> struct vfio_iommu {
>>> - struct list_head domain_list;
>>> - struct list_head iova_list;
>>> - struct vfio_domain *external_domain; /* domain for external user */
>>> - struct mutex lock;
>>> - struct rb_root dma_list;
>>> - struct blocking_notifier_head notifier;
>>> - unsigned int dma_avail;
>>> - uint64_t pgsize_bitmap;
>>> - bool v2;
>>> - bool nesting;
>>> - bool dirty_page_tracking;
>>> - bool pinned_page_dirty_scope;
>>> + struct list_head domain_list;
>>> + struct list_head iova_list;
>>> + /* domain for external user */
>>> + struct vfio_domain *external_domain;
>>> + struct mutex lock;
>>> + struct rb_root dma_list;
>>> + struct blocking_notifier_head notifier;
>>> + unsigned int dma_avail;
>>> + uint64_t pgsize_bitmap;
>>> + bool v2;
>>> + bool nesting;
>>> + bool dirty_page_tracking;
>>> + bool pinned_page_dirty_scope;
>>> + struct iommu_nesting_info *nesting_info;
>>> };
>>>
>>> struct vfio_domain {
>>> @@ -130,6 +132,9 @@ struct vfio_regions {
>>> #define IS_IOMMU_CAP_DOMAIN_IN_CONTAINER(iommu) \
>>> (!list_empty(&iommu->domain_list))
>>>
>>> +#define CONTAINER_HAS_DOMAIN(iommu) (((iommu)->external_domain) || \
>>> + (!list_empty(&(iommu)->domain_list)))
>>> +
>>> #define DIRTY_BITMAP_BYTES(n) (ALIGN(n, BITS_PER_TYPE(u64)) /
>> BITS_PER_BYTE)
>>>
>>> /*
>>> @@ -1929,6 +1934,13 @@ static void vfio_iommu_iova_insert_copy(struct
>> vfio_iommu *iommu,
>>>
>>> list_splice_tail(iova_copy, iova);
>>> }
>>> +
>>> +static void vfio_iommu_release_nesting_info(struct vfio_iommu *iommu)
>>> +{
>>> + kfree(iommu->nesting_info);
>>> + iommu->nesting_info = NULL;
>>> +}
>>> +
>>> static int vfio_iommu_type1_attach_group(void *iommu_data,
>>> struct iommu_group *iommu_group)
>>> {
>>> @@ -1959,6 +1971,12 @@ static int vfio_iommu_type1_attach_group(void
>> *iommu_data,
>>> }
>>> }
>>>
>>> + /* Nesting type container can include only one group */
>>> + if (iommu->nesting && CONTAINER_HAS_DOMAIN(iommu)) {
>>> + mutex_unlock(&iommu->lock);
>>> + return -EINVAL;
>>> + }
>>> +
>>> group = kzalloc(sizeof(*group), GFP_KERNEL);
>>> domain = kzalloc(sizeof(*domain), GFP_KERNEL);
>>> if (!group || !domain) {
>>> @@ -2029,6 +2047,32 @@ static int vfio_iommu_type1_attach_group(void
>> *iommu_data,
>>> if (ret)
>>> goto out_domain;
>>>
>>> + /* Nesting cap info is available only after attaching */
>>> + if (iommu->nesting) {
>>> + struct iommu_nesting_info tmp = { .size = 0, };
>>> +
>>> + /* First get the size of vendor specific nesting info */
>>> + ret = iommu_domain_get_attr(domain->domain,
>>> + DOMAIN_ATTR_NESTING,
>>> + &tmp);
>>> + if (ret)
>>> + goto out_detach;
>>> +
>>> + iommu->nesting_info = kzalloc(tmp.size, GFP_KERNEL);
>>> + if (!iommu->nesting_info) {
>>> + ret = -ENOMEM;
>>> + goto out_detach;
>>> + }
>>> +
>>> + /* Now get the nesting info */
>>> + iommu->nesting_info->size = tmp.size;
>>> + ret = iommu_domain_get_attr(domain->domain,
>>> + DOMAIN_ATTR_NESTING,
>>> + iommu->nesting_info);
>>> + if (ret)
>>> + goto out_detach;
>
> get nesting_info failure will result in group_attach failure.[1]
>
>>> + }
>>> +
>>> /* Get aperture info */
>>> iommu_domain_get_attr(domain->domain, DOMAIN_ATTR_GEOMETRY,
>> &geo);
>>>
>>> @@ -2138,6 +2182,7 @@ static int vfio_iommu_type1_attach_group(void
>> *iommu_data,
>>> return 0;
>>>
>>> out_detach:
>>> + vfio_iommu_release_nesting_info(iommu);
>>> vfio_iommu_detach_group(domain, group);
>>> out_domain:
>>> iommu_domain_free(domain->domain);
>>> @@ -2338,6 +2383,8 @@ static void vfio_iommu_type1_detach_group(void
>> *iommu_data,
>>> vfio_iommu_unmap_unpin_all(iommu);
>>> else
>>>
>> vfio_iommu_unmap_unpin_reaccount(iommu);
>>> +
>>> + vfio_iommu_release_nesting_info(iommu);
>>> }
>>> iommu_domain_free(domain->domain);
>>> list_del(&domain->next);
>>> @@ -2546,6 +2593,31 @@ static int vfio_iommu_migration_build_caps(struct
>> vfio_iommu *iommu,
>>> return vfio_info_add_capability(caps, &cap_mig.header, sizeof(cap_mig));
>>> }
>>>
>>> +static int vfio_iommu_info_add_nesting_cap(struct vfio_iommu *iommu,
>>> + struct vfio_info_cap *caps)
>>> +{
>>> + struct vfio_info_cap_header *header;
>>> + struct vfio_iommu_type1_info_cap_nesting *nesting_cap;
>>> + size_t size;
>>> +
>>> + size = offsetof(struct vfio_iommu_type1_info_cap_nesting, info) +
>>> + iommu->nesting_info->size;
>>> +
>>> + header = vfio_info_cap_add(caps, size,
>>> + VFIO_IOMMU_TYPE1_INFO_CAP_NESTING, 1);
>>> + if (IS_ERR(header))
>>> + return PTR_ERR(header);
>>> +
>>> + nesting_cap = container_of(header,
>>> + struct vfio_iommu_type1_info_cap_nesting,
>>> + header);
>>> +
>>> + memcpy(&nesting_cap->info, iommu->nesting_info,
>>> + iommu->nesting_info->size);
>> you must check whether nesting_info is non NULL before doing that.
>
> it's now validated in the caller of this function. :-)
ah ok sorry I missed that.
>
>> Besides I agree with Jean on the fact it may be better to not report the
>> capability if nested is not supported.
>
> I see. in this patch, just few lines below [2], vfio only reports nesting
> cap when iommu->nesting_info is non-null. so even if userspace selected
> nesting type, it may fail at the VFIO_SET_IOMMU phase since group_attach
> will be failed for NESTED type container if host iommu doesnât support
> nesting. the code is marked as [1] in this email.
OK that's already there then.

Thanks

Eric
>
>>> +
>>> + return 0;
>>> +}
>>> +
>>> static int vfio_iommu_type1_get_info(struct vfio_iommu *iommu,
>>> unsigned long arg)
>>> {
>>> @@ -2581,6 +2653,12 @@ static int vfio_iommu_type1_get_info(struct
>> vfio_iommu *iommu,
>>> if (!ret)
>>> ret = vfio_iommu_iova_build_caps(iommu, &caps);
>>>
>>> + if (iommu->nesting_info) {
>>> + ret = vfio_iommu_info_add_nesting_cap(iommu, &caps);
>>> + if (ret)
>>> + return ret;
>
> here checks nesting_info before reporting nesting cap. [2]
>
>>> + }
>>> +
>>> mutex_unlock(&iommu->lock);
>>>
>>> if (ret)
>>> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/vfio.h b/include/uapi/linux/vfio.h
>>> index 9204705..46a78af 100644
>>> --- a/include/uapi/linux/vfio.h
>>> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/vfio.h
>>> @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
>>>
>>> #include <linux/types.h>
>>> #include <linux/ioctl.h>
>>> +#include <linux/iommu.h>
>>>
>>> #define VFIO_API_VERSION 0
>>>
>>> @@ -1039,6 +1040,24 @@ struct vfio_iommu_type1_info_cap_migration {
>>> __u64 max_dirty_bitmap_size; /* in bytes */
>>> };
>>>
>>> +/*
>>> + * The nesting capability allows to report the related capability
>>> + * and info for nesting iommu type.
>>> + *
>>> + * The structures below define version 1 of this capability.
>>> + *
>>> + * User space selected VFIO_TYPE1_NESTING_IOMMU type should check
>>> + * this capto get supported features.
>> s/capto/capability to get
>
> got it.
>
> Regards,
> Yi Liu
>
>>> + *
>>> + * @info: the nesting info provided by IOMMU driver.
>>> + */
>>> +#define VFIO_IOMMU_TYPE1_INFO_CAP_NESTING 3
>>> +
>>> +struct vfio_iommu_type1_info_cap_nesting {
>>> + struct vfio_info_cap_header header;
>>> + struct iommu_nesting_info info;
>>> +};
>>> +
>>> #define VFIO_IOMMU_GET_INFO _IO(VFIO_TYPE, VFIO_BASE + 12)
>>>
>>> /**
>>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Eric
>