Re: [PATCH] vfio/platform: keep logical vm_pgoff in MMIO region mmap

From: Eric Auger

Date: Fri Sep 04 2026 - 12:16:33 EST


Hi Abdifatah,

On 9/3/26 11:29 AM, Abdifatah Suruur wrote:
> vfio_platform_mmap_mmio() overwrites vma->vm_pgoff with the physical
> frame number of the MMIO region and passes it to remap_pfn_range().
> The VMA is inserted into the device file's mapping->i_mmap interval
> tree keyed by vm_pgoff, which VFIO expects to be the logical file
> offset: the core links every device mmap to the device inode's
> i_mapping precisely so that unmap_mapping_range() can revoke all
> mappings associated with a device (see vfio_device_cdev_open()).
>
> With a raw PFN in vm_pgoff the interval tree entry lands in the wrong
> coordinate space and unmap_mapping_range() cannot find the VMA,
> leaving stale MMIO mappings behind any revocation attempt. Keep
> vm_pgoff in the logical VFIO offset space, as vfio-pci does, and pass
> the physical PFN to remap_pfn_range() explicitly.
>
> Fixes: fad4d5b1f042a ("vfio/platform: support MMAP of MMIO regions")
> Signed-off-by: Abdifatah Suruur <suruurism@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
> --- a/drivers/vfio/platform/vfio_platform_common.c
> +++ b/drivers/vfio/platform/vfio_platform_common.c
> @@ -559,6 +559,5 @@
> vma->vm_page_prot = pgprot_noncached(vma->vm_page_prot);
> - vma->vm_pgoff = (region.addr >> PAGE_SHIFT) + pgoff;
> -
> - return remap_pfn_range(vma, vma->vm_start, vma->vm_pgoff,
> + return remap_pfn_range(vma, vma->vm_start,
> + (region.addr >> PAGE_SHIFT) + pgoff,
> req_len, vma->vm_page_prot);
> }
>
While at it, don't you want to fix the same pattern in cdx/main.c,
fsl-mc/vfio_fsl_mc.c?

Thanks

Eric