RE: [PATCH v1 8/8] vfio/type1: Add vSVA support for IOMMU-backed mdevs

[Liu, Yi L]

> From: Tian, Kevin <kevin.tian@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, March 30, 2020 9:19 PM
> To: Liu, Yi L <yi.l.liu@xxxxxxxxx>; alex.williamson@xxxxxxxxxx;
> Subject: RE: [PATCH v1 8/8] vfio/type1: Add vSVA support for IOMMU-backed
> mdevs
> 
> > From: Liu, Yi L <yi.l.liu@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2020 8:32 PM
> >
> > From: Liu Yi L <yi.l.liu@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Recent years, mediated device pass-through framework (e.g. vfio-mdev)
> > are used to achieve flexible device sharing across domains (e.g. VMs).
> 
> are->is

got it.

> > Also there are hardware assisted mediated pass-through solutions from
> > platform vendors. e.g. Intel VT-d scalable mode which supports Intel
> > Scalable I/O Virtualization technology. Such mdevs are called IOMMU-
> > backed mdevs as there are IOMMU enforced DMA isolation for such mdevs.
> > In kernel, IOMMU-backed mdevs are exposed to IOMMU layer by aux-
> > domain concept, which means mdevs are protected by an iommu domain
> > which is aux-domain of its physical device. Details can be found in
> > the KVM
> 
> "by an iommu domain which is auxiliary to the domain that the kernel driver
> primarily uses for DMA API"

yep.

> > presentation from Kevin Tian. IOMMU-backed equals to IOMMU-capable.
> >
> > https://events19.linuxfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/\
> > Hardware-Assisted-Mediated-Pass-Through-with-VFIO-Kevin-Tian-Intel.pdf
> >
> > This patch supports NESTING IOMMU for IOMMU-backed mdevs by figuring
> > out the physical device of an IOMMU-backed mdev and then invoking
> > IOMMU requests to IOMMU layer with the physical device and the mdev's
> > aux domain info.
> 
> "and then calling into the IOMMU layer to complete the vSVA operations on the aux
> domain associated with that mdev"

got it.
> >
> > With this patch, vSVA (Virtual Shared Virtual Addressing) can be used
> > on IOMMU-backed mdevs.
> >
> > Cc: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@xxxxxxxxx>
> > CC: Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > CC: Jun Tian <jun.j.tian@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Eric Auger <eric.auger@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Jean-Philippe Brucker <jean-philippe@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Liu Yi L <yi.l.liu@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++---
> >  1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c
> > b/drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c index 937ec3f..d473665 100644
> > --- a/drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c
> > +++ b/drivers/vfio/vfio_iommu_type1.c
> > @@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ struct vfio_regions {
> >
> >  struct domain_capsule {
> >  	struct iommu_domain *domain;
> > +	struct vfio_group *group;
> >  	void *data;
> >  };
> >
> > @@ -148,6 +149,7 @@ static int vfio_iommu_for_each_dev(struct
> > vfio_iommu *iommu,
> >  	list_for_each_entry(d, &iommu->domain_list, next) {
> >  		dc.domain = d->domain;
> >  		list_for_each_entry(g, &d->group_list, next) {
> > +			dc.group = g;
> >  			ret = iommu_group_for_each_dev(g->iommu_group,
> >  						       &dc, fn);
> >  			if (ret)
> > @@ -2347,7 +2349,12 @@ static int vfio_bind_gpasid_fn(struct device
> > *dev, void *data)
> >  	struct iommu_gpasid_bind_data *gbind_data =
> >  		(struct iommu_gpasid_bind_data *) dc->data;
> >
> > -	return iommu_sva_bind_gpasid(dc->domain, dev, gbind_data);
> > +	if (dc->group->mdev_group)
> > +		return iommu_sva_bind_gpasid(dc->domain,
> > +			vfio_mdev_get_iommu_device(dev), gbind_data);
> > +	else
> > +		return iommu_sva_bind_gpasid(dc->domain,
> > +						dev, gbind_data);
> >  }
> >
> >  static int vfio_unbind_gpasid_fn(struct device *dev, void *data) @@
> > -2356,8 +2363,13 @@ static int vfio_unbind_gpasid_fn(struct device
> > *dev, void *data)
> >  	struct iommu_gpasid_bind_data *gbind_data =
> >  		(struct iommu_gpasid_bind_data *) dc->data;
> >
> > -	return iommu_sva_unbind_gpasid(dc->domain, dev,
> > +	if (dc->group->mdev_group)
> > +		return iommu_sva_unbind_gpasid(dc->domain,
> > +					vfio_mdev_get_iommu_device(dev),
> >  					gbind_data->hpasid);
> > +	else
> > +		return iommu_sva_unbind_gpasid(dc->domain, dev,
> > +						gbind_data->hpasid);
> >  }
> >
> >  /**
> > @@ -2429,7 +2441,12 @@ static int vfio_cache_inv_fn(struct device
> > *dev, void *data)
> >  	struct iommu_cache_invalidate_info *cache_inv_info =
> >  		(struct iommu_cache_invalidate_info *) dc->data;
> >
> > -	return iommu_cache_invalidate(dc->domain, dev, cache_inv_info);
> > +	if (dc->group->mdev_group)
> > +		return iommu_cache_invalidate(dc->domain,
> > +			vfio_mdev_get_iommu_device(dev), cache_inv_info);
> > +	else
> > +		return iommu_cache_invalidate(dc->domain,
> > +						dev, cache_inv_info);
> >  }
> 
> possibly above could be simplified, e.g.
> 
> static struct device *vfio_get_iommu_device(struct vfio_group *group,
> 	struct device *dev)
> {
> 	if  (group->mdev_group)
> 		return vfio_mdev_get_iommu_device(dev);
> 	else
> 		return dev;
> }
> 
> Then use it to replace plain 'dev' in all three places.

yes, better for reading. thanks.

Regards,
Yi Liu