Re: [PATCH 2/2] iommu: amd: Use cmpxchg_double() when updating 128-bit IRTE

From: Joao Martins
Date: Wed Sep 02 2020 - 11:28:35 EST


On 9/2/20 5:51 AM, Suravee Suthikulpanit wrote:
> When using 128-bit interrupt-remapping table entry (IRTE) (a.k.a GA mode),
> current driver disables interrupt remapping when it updates the IRTE
> so that the upper and lower 64-bit values can be updated safely.
>
> However, this creates a small window, where the interrupt could
> arrive and result in IO_PAGE_FAULT (for interrupt) as shown below.
>
> IOMMU Driver Device IRQ
> ============ ===========
> irte.RemapEn=0
> ...
> change IRTE IRQ from device ==> IO_PAGE_FAULT !!
> ...
> irte.RemapEn=1
>
> This scenario has been observed when changing irq affinity on a system
> running I/O-intensive workload, in which the destination APIC ID
> in the IRTE is updated.
>
> Instead, use cmpxchg_double() to update the 128-bit IRTE at once without
> disabling the interrupt remapping. However, this means several features,
> which require GA (128-bit IRTE) support will also be affected if cmpxchg16b
> is not supported (which is unprecedented for AMD processors w/ IOMMU).
>
Probably requires:

Fixes: 880ac60e2538 ("iommu/amd: Introduce interrupt remapping ops structure")

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> Reported-by: Sean Osborne <sean.m.osborne@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Erik Rockstrom <erik.rockstrom@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Suravee Suthikulpanit <suravee.suthikulpanit@xxxxxxx>

With the comments below addressed, FWIW:

Reviewed-by: Joao Martins <joao.m.martins@xxxxxxxxxx>

> diff --git a/drivers/iommu/amd/init.c b/drivers/iommu/amd/init.c
> index c652f16eb702..ad30467f6930 100644
> --- a/drivers/iommu/amd/init.c
> +++ b/drivers/iommu/amd/init.c
> @@ -1511,7 +1511,14 @@ static int __init init_iommu_one(struct amd_iommu *iommu, struct ivhd_header *h)
> iommu->mmio_phys_end = MMIO_REG_END_OFFSET;
> else
> iommu->mmio_phys_end = MMIO_CNTR_CONF_OFFSET;
> - if (((h->efr_attr & (0x1 << IOMMU_FEAT_GASUP_SHIFT)) == 0))
> +
> + /*
> + * Note: GA (128-bit IRTE) mode requires cmpxchg16b supports.
> + * GAM also requires GA mode. Therefore, we need to
> + * check cmbxchg16b support before enabling it.
> + */

s/cmbxchg16b/cmpxchg16b

> + if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_CX16) ||
> + ((h->efr_attr & (0x1 << IOMMU_FEAT_GASUP_SHIFT)) == 0))
> amd_iommu_guest_ir = AMD_IOMMU_GUEST_IR_LEGACY;
> break;
> case 0x11:
> @@ -1520,8 +1527,18 @@ static int __init init_iommu_one(struct amd_iommu *iommu, struct ivhd_header *h)
> iommu->mmio_phys_end = MMIO_REG_END_OFFSET;
> else
> iommu->mmio_phys_end = MMIO_CNTR_CONF_OFFSET;
> - if (((h->efr_reg & (0x1 << IOMMU_EFR_GASUP_SHIFT)) == 0))
> +
> + /*
> + * Note: GA (128-bit IRTE) mode requires cmpxchg16b supports.
> + * XT, GAM also requires GA mode. Therefore, we need to
> + * check cmbxchg16b support before enabling them.

s/cmbxchg16b/cmpxchg16b

> + */
> + if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_CX16) ||

You probably want !boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_CX16) ?

> + ((h->efr_reg & (0x1 << IOMMU_EFR_GASUP_SHIFT)) == 0)) {
> amd_iommu_guest_ir = AMD_IOMMU_GUEST_IR_LEGACY;
> + break;
> + }
> +
> /*
> * Note: Since iommu_update_intcapxt() leverages
> * the IOMMU MMIO access to MSI capability block registers