[PATCH v6 6/8] dma: swiotlb: Centralize memory-encryption pool sizing

From: Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)

Date: Thu Sep 24 2026 - 02:11:52 EST


Memory-encrypted guests use shared or unencrypted memory for DMA and may
route all DMA through SWIOTLB. The default pool can therefore be too
small for I/O-intensive workloads.

Move the existing x86 guest-sizing policy into the SWIOTLB core. For
SWIOTLB_POOL_CC_GUEST, size the pool to 6% of guest memory, clamped
between the normal default and 1 GiB. Preserve an explicit swiotlb=
size.

Host memory encryption still selects a normal-sized shared pool and
does not use the guest-sizing policy.

A restricted DMA pool already provides shared bounce buffers for its
devices. Record its presence during reserved-memory initialization and
do not select the confidential-guest default-pool policy solely because
guest memory encryption is active.

Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: x86@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm) <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/mm/mem_encrypt.c | 24 ------------------------
kernel/dma/swiotlb.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--
2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/mem_encrypt.c b/arch/x86/mm/mem_encrypt.c
index 95bae74fdab2..912f22ca838f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/mem_encrypt.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/mem_encrypt.c
@@ -101,9 +101,6 @@ void __init mem_encrypt_init(void)

void __init mem_encrypt_setup_arch(void)
{
- phys_addr_t total_mem = memblock_phys_mem_size();
- unsigned long size;
-
/*
* Do RMP table fixups after the e820 tables have been setup by
* e820__memory_setup().
@@ -114,27 +111,6 @@ void __init mem_encrypt_setup_arch(void)
if (!cc_platform_has(CC_ATTR_GUEST_MEM_ENCRYPT))
return;

- /*
- * For SEV and TDX, all DMA has to occur via shared/unencrypted pages.
- * Kernel uses SWIOTLB to make this happen without changing device
- * drivers. However, depending on the workload being run, the
- * default 64MB of SWIOTLB may not be enough and SWIOTLB may
- * run out of buffers for DMA, resulting in I/O errors and/or
- * performance degradation especially with high I/O workloads.
- *
- * Adjust the default size of SWIOTLB using a percentage of guest
- * memory for SWIOTLB buffers. Also, as the SWIOTLB bounce buffer
- * memory is allocated from low memory, ensure that the adjusted size
- * is within the limits of low available memory.
- *
- * The percentage of guest memory used here for SWIOTLB buffers
- * is more of an approximation of the static adjustment which
- * 64MB for <1G, and ~128M to 256M for 1G-to-4G, i.e., the 6%
- */
- size = total_mem * 6 / 100;
- size = clamp_val(size, IO_TLB_DEFAULT_SIZE, SZ_1G);
- swiotlb_adjust_size(size);
-
/* Set restricted memory access for virtio. */
virtio_set_mem_acc_cb(virtio_require_restricted_mem_acc);
}
diff --git a/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c b/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
index 75ee63cd354e..e626cca63ad1 100644
--- a/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
+++ b/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
#include <linux/kmsan-checks.h>
#include <linux/iommu-helper.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/math64.h>
#include <linux/memblock.h>
#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <linux/pfn.h>
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ struct io_tlb_slot {

static bool swiotlb_force_bounce;
static bool swiotlb_force_disable;
+static bool restricted_dma_pool_present __initdata;

enum swiotlb_pool_policy {
SWIOTLB_POOL_NONE,
@@ -478,7 +480,25 @@ swiotlb_adjust_pool_size(enum swiotlb_pool_policy policy)
size = min(swiotlb_default_pool_size(), size);
break;
case SWIOTLB_POOL_CC_GUEST:
- return;
+ /*
+ * For SEV and TDX and CCA, all DMA has to occur via
+ * shared/unencrypted pages. Kernel uses SWIOTLB to make this
+ * happen without changing device drivers. However, depending on
+ * the workload being run, the default 64MB of SWIOTLB may not be
+ * enough and SWIOTLB may run out of buffers for DMA, resulting in
+ * I/O errors and/or performance degradation especially with high
+ * I/O workloads.
+ *
+ * Adjust the default size of SWIOTLB using a percentage of guest
+ * memory for SWIOTLB buffers.
+ *
+ * The percentage of guest memory used here for SWIOTLB buffers is
+ * more of an approximation of the static adjustment which 64MB for
+ * <1G, and ~128M to 256M for 1G-to-4G, i.e., the 6%
+ */
+ size = div_u64((u64)memblock_phys_mem_size() * 6, 100);
+ size = clamp_val(size, IO_TLB_DEFAULT_SIZE, SZ_1G);
+ break;
case SWIOTLB_POOL_NONE:
WARN(true, "Cannot adjust SWIOTLB size without a pool\n");
return;
@@ -496,7 +516,8 @@ swiotlb_select_pool_policy(unsigned int flags)
if (swiotlb_force_disable)
return SWIOTLB_POOL_NONE;

- if (cc_platform_has(CC_ATTR_GUEST_MEM_ENCRYPT))
+ if (cc_platform_has(CC_ATTR_GUEST_MEM_ENCRYPT) &&
+ !restricted_dma_pool_present)
return SWIOTLB_POOL_CC_GUEST;

if (cc_platform_has(CC_ATTR_HOST_MEM_ENCRYPT))
@@ -2142,6 +2163,8 @@ static int __init rmem_swiotlb_setup(unsigned long node,
of_get_flat_dt_prop(node, "no-map", NULL))
return -EINVAL;

+ restricted_dma_pool_present = true;
+
pr_info("Reserved memory: created restricted DMA pool at %pa, size %ld MiB\n",
&rmem->base, (unsigned long)rmem->size / SZ_1M);
return 0;
--
2.43.0