[RFC PATCH v2 3/5] vfio/pci: Implement page-backed .map_dma_buf handler
From: Pranjal Shrivastava
Date: Tue Aug 04 2026 - 14:55:22 EST
When a DMABUF is backed by ZONE_DEVICE pages, the standard raw PFN
scatterlist builder (dma_buf_phys_vec_to_sgt) cannot be used because
it explicitly drops page metadata pointers. Implement a map_dma_buf
helper that loops through existing contiguous physical ranges and
generates SGL entries directly via sg_set_page while maps using the
standard dma_map_sgtable. Implement a corresponding .unmap_dma_buf as
well.
Signed-off-by: Pranjal Shrivastava <praan@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_dmabuf.c | 81 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 77 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_dmabuf.c b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_dmabuf.c
index 900ac1851c9f..b936da3bcada 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_dmabuf.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_dmabuf.c
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ static int vfio_pci_dma_buf_mmap(struct dma_buf *dmabuf, struct vm_area_struct *
/* See comments in vfio_pci_core_mmap() re VM_ALLOW_ANY_UNCACHED. */
vm_flags_set(vma, VM_ALLOW_ANY_UNCACHED | VM_IO | VM_PFNMAP |
VM_DONTEXPAND | VM_DONTDUMP);
+
vma->vm_private_data = priv;
vfio_pci_set_vma_ops(vma);
@@ -70,6 +71,66 @@ static void vfio_pci_dma_buf_done(struct kref *kref)
complete(&priv->comp);
}
+/*
+ * For ZONE_DEVICE-backed DMABUFs, populate the scatterlist with struct page
+ * pointers so that dma_map_sgtable() can detect MEMORY_DEVICE_PCI_P2PDMA and
+ * perform peer-to-peer DMA mappings for importing devices.
+ */
+static struct sg_table *
+vfio_pci_dma_buf_map_page_backed(struct dma_buf_attachment *attachment,
+ enum dma_data_direction dir)
+{
+ struct vfio_pci_dma_buf *priv = attachment->dmabuf->priv;
+ struct sg_table *sgt;
+ struct scatterlist *sgl;
+ unsigned int nents = 0;
+ int i, ret;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < priv->nr_ranges; i++) {
+ unsigned int added = DIV_ROUND_UP(priv->phys_vec[i].len,
+ (UINT_MAX & PAGE_MASK));
+
+ if (check_add_overflow(nents, added, &nents))
+ return ERR_PTR(-EOVERFLOW);
+ }
+
+ sgt = kzalloc(sizeof(*sgt), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!sgt)
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+ ret = sg_alloc_table(sgt, nents, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (ret) {
+ kfree(sgt);
+ return ERR_PTR(ret);
+ }
+
+ sgl = sgt->sgl;
+ for (i = 0; i < priv->nr_ranges; i++) {
+ size_t range_len = priv->phys_vec[i].len;
+ unsigned long pfn = priv->phys_vec[i].paddr >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+
+ while (range_len > 0) {
+ unsigned int chunk_len = min_t(size_t, range_len, (UINT_MAX & PAGE_MASK));
+ struct page *page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
+
+ sg_set_page(sgl, page, chunk_len, 0);
+ sgl = sg_next(sgl);
+
+ range_len -= chunk_len;
+ pfn += chunk_len >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+ }
+ }
+
+ ret = dma_map_sgtable(attachment->dev, sgt, dir, 0);
+ if (ret) {
+ sg_free_table(sgt);
+ kfree(sgt);
+ return ERR_PTR(ret);
+ }
+
+ return sgt;
+}
+
static struct sg_table *
vfio_pci_dma_buf_map(struct dma_buf_attachment *attachment,
enum dma_data_direction dir)
@@ -82,9 +143,14 @@ vfio_pci_dma_buf_map(struct dma_buf_attachment *attachment,
if (priv->status != VFIO_PCI_DMABUF_OK)
return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
- ret = dma_buf_phys_vec_to_sgt(attachment, priv->provider,
- priv->phys_vec, priv->nr_ranges,
- priv->size, dir);
+ if (priv->zone_device_backed) {
+ ret = vfio_pci_dma_buf_map_page_backed(attachment, dir);
+ } else {
+ ret = dma_buf_phys_vec_to_sgt(attachment, priv->provider,
+ priv->phys_vec, priv->nr_ranges,
+ priv->size, dir);
+ }
+
if (IS_ERR(ret))
return ret;
@@ -100,7 +166,14 @@ static void vfio_pci_dma_buf_unmap(struct dma_buf_attachment *attachment,
dma_resv_assert_held(priv->dmabuf->resv);
- dma_buf_free_sgt(attachment, sgt, dir);
+ if (priv->zone_device_backed) {
+ dma_unmap_sgtable(attachment->dev, sgt, dir, 0);
+ sg_free_table(sgt);
+ kfree(sgt);
+ } else {
+ dma_buf_free_sgt(attachment, sgt, dir);
+ }
+
kref_put(&priv->kref, vfio_pci_dma_buf_done);
}
--
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